Don, I'm no expert on these cars, but the BLI cars has been discussed here extensively, and so its features are well described. They boil down to WWII/post WWII modernized cars. I'm not sure what the

Interesting! A bit earlier than the PRR's class X36 103500, their 9/25/1936 example of an outside post boxcar, well before these became

That symbol on the door may be an early indicator of load restraining devices in the car. Maybe someone with more info on these devices and what symbols were used can give a better explanation. Al

Thanks, Tim and Bill. That will be very useful reference information. Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV

Yes, a nice car, but since you have stated USRA NYC steel cars, Bruce, I'll bite. Just how close are those cars to the NYC steel cars that Broadway Limied di a run off? Can't believe they haven't done

I have taken Tim O'Conner's VERY helpful post on the Resin Builder's IO group today and re-organized it a bit—hope this okay with you Tim—and put in both a Word doc (so you can make your own notes

Photos of the car the Rich Yoder imported can be seen at: www.rodmiller.com/forsale.html#yoder_box -- Rod Miller Handcraftsman === Custom 2-rail O Scale Models: Drives, Repairs, Steam Loco

Friends, Before we get lost here, my original question was about the circle with the bar on the door, its meaning and whether there was some special assignment for these cars. The rest of the

Bob, The photo was probably from the 1919 CAR BUILDERS' DICTIONARY, pages 253-255 (also in the Gregg TSC reprint #35). These pages also include detailed drawings. No other information is there. Yours

looks like a early copy cat of the b&o wagon top mel perry

Photo: CP Boxcar 24000 Courtesy of Model Railroader, an early vertical rib boxcar: https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Scanned%20foe-toes/Copy%20of%20CPR%20BOXCAR007.jpg No

My research tells me the "For Progress" logo was applied with new PS1 boxcars starting in 1948. It was applied to older cars as they were repainted. Here's the answer

Fellow Railroad Researchers- Please excuse the off-topic post but I need help on research: I am hoping that somebody on one of the lists I participate in is a more accomplished web researcher or

thank you all very much :-) sent from solitary mel perry

Mel, No. It proceeded the X29. These, as discussed earlier in this thread, are the NYC "USRA" steel boxcars. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Mel, Six side posts per side instead of eight on X-29. Ken Gross

Thank you for sharing this photo. I am hoping to get our friend Dr. Dave Campbell to produce these ends for me. They are a proprietary ACF end and in addition to SSW, I have photos and drawings of

out of curiousity, is this car a derivative of the X29? thanks sent from solitary :-) mel perry

Friends, I just received my Deco end C&O "For Progress" car from Ted Schnepf (Thanks again Ted). It is a lot better assembled than the NS car I bought elsewhere a couple of years ago, with its

Hello, Clark and STMFC group! Here is my Westerfield NB boxcar built some years ago. There is a great article on these cars and other USRA derivative steel boxcars by Eric Neubauer in the January