This sucker looks like it was a double decker for beef critters rather than sheep or hogs. Just my thought from it's height, Don Valentine

Re: SAL, ex-GF&A ARA XM-1 Box Cars From: Tom Madden Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:29:45 PST Another advantage of injection molding over resin casting. Tom Madden The ONLY advantage of injection molding

We do that too... our web site listing for the car that started this discussion says, "built 1925." Dennis Storzek

GE's Appliance Park in Louisville KY got a dedicated group of high-cube cars, not all from just one road. Park opened in 1951. Chuck Peck

For the railroads I have studied and read up in company files, I'll make a generalization that: specialized cars are most likely to be found in dedicated service. The rational is that these costs of

Paul Woods suggests It would be handy if manufacturers put a little unicorn symbol on their advertising beside the foobie paint jobs i.e. 'This one belongs in a fairy tale'. I agree with

[Speaking mostly tongue-in-cheek]: A significant disadvantage of injection moulding is, having plowed huge $$$ into an injection-moulding die, it becomes very difficult for a manufacturer to resist

The Central started using “ The Right Way” lettering in 1954 on freight cars. The 50’ black and silver “blimp” cars were the first to have this. The slogan was used earlier on some diesel

Another advantage of injection molding over resin casting. Tom Madden

I thought it was 1952 but not sure about that, should check with C of G HS. They would certainly know Fenton

Buy all you want. We can still make 'em faster than you can buy 'em! :-) Dennis Storzek

Thanks Tim for the excellent photo. Can anyone tell me when CG first used "The Right Way" slogan on their boxcars? And a special thanks to Ed Hawkins who has furnished more information than this old

Hi Scott, looks like Ben is going to buy a kit for you to harvest the roof, what a guy! Bill Welch

As to the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, they had bulkhead flat cars in dedicated service for plaster board to Kaiser Gypsum as well as most of their wood chip gondola cars were in dedicated

Bill Welch wrote: "Scott I would suggest purchasing an Undec Accurail 8-panel SS box car with composite ends and cut their beautiful Hutchins roof off." Better yet, buy one of the foobies and cut the

Randy, That ban didn't take effect until far in our future, sometime right around the publication date of that book.There were no blanket age related bans during the steam ream and for that matter,

Scott I would suggest purchasing an Undec Accrual 8-panel SS box car with composite ends and cut their beautiful Hutchins roof off. The advantage of that body is there a flange that helps to guide a

Folks; The more I dig into the PRR box car fleet, the more I see of cars in dedicated service, and not just auto and auto parts service. These other cars do not always show up in ORERs (which

Sure was… specifically from CN 508017 in 1967 — this car was originally built by Canadian Car & Foundry in April 1930, and was an example of a CNR 1929 standard boxcar. As built, these were

Per AAR interchange rules (my copy is 1975) per rule 90 (cars banned for interchange) under sub-section 3a, " all freight cars 46 years or older from date built or rebuilt... (at the time 1929) and