My immediate thought too, Brian. What’s up with that? There wouldn’t be any clearance issues with that girder if shipped vertically, as most are. Schuyler Surprised they laid the girder

I’m glad to have Don Valentine’s info about the use of the Rutland cars to haul granite blocks, so I can justify using one on my (future) ERIE layout . . . but I’m wondering if Ed Hawkins can

All; This photo has been shared before (Luke Swank is one of my favorite photographers), and those are, indeed, the infamous J&L tank cars spoken of so disrespectfully in the past. This is a

Eric, The open load might be on a couple of PRR F22 or F23 flats with a spacer car. OH M G! Are those tank cars the elusive J&L 20K gallon cars? And, at first glance, they appear to maybe be a light

Garth and others, Lets not overook the "Coast Guard Yard flat car in the same grop of photos that was also constructed in anuary 1943. The more we look I suspect the more we will find with 11

GCSX = Granite City Steel Co., Granite City, IL My July 1958 ORER indicates "Cars bearing these marks not registered in this issue of The Official Railway Equipment Register." Jim Brewer

According to http://www.nakina.net/other/report/report.html GCSX Granite City Steel Co. 7/1930-1/1941; 1/1943-4/1961 (not listed) Granite City Steel cars are not listed in the 1943 ORER. Doug

I stumbled across this fine photo on the Historic Pittsburgh site. While it's not a pristine clear image, there are some neat freight cars in the yard on the right side of the image. Click on the

Colin, Not that it impacts P&L but these cars are not identical. The car on the left, 33510?, appears to have a splice in the middle of the side. Interesting, the use of arch bar trucks on these cars

Surprised they laid the girder on its weak axis. Brian J. Carlson

Lots of stuff to observe here. What I find most interesting is the difference in lettering application on these two identical CP flat cars. I guess I'll have to build one of each! From Vancouver

Hugh, According to the Walthers item number you provided, the kit you have is this one:

Friends, I just spotted this flat car among the Barriger Library AC&F photos: GCSX 106. It has 11 stake pockets, like the Athearn 40' flat car. It has long been a truism that Rutland 2700-2799 were

There was considerable variation in "Hart Convertible gondolas" as they were also called. A big selling point was that they could be used in revenue service as well as non-revenue service, which is

Rodger-Hart gondolas were center dump cars mostly used for sand and stone and railroads bought them for maintenance of way. But I think there was more than one style, so you'd have to research your

Is there an actual prototype for Walthers 933-6859 40' gondola? I did a search in the group files but did not find anything. I have the unbuilt kit. Not sure I really need it unless it can be built

Sunshine 7.7 is the Wichita Northwestern Mather boxcar. It is a yellow boxcar. I built it a long time ago, mainly because when I lived in Wichita I drove along parts of its route. I use it on my

I use Solvaset diluted 50:50 with distilled water. Only full strength for those specific problem spots. Even Tamiya thinner X-20a is for a stubborn spot. Curt Fortenberry

My home group had the same problem and the administration put out a request for $10 donations to increase the storage for one year. They wound up with enough to do two extra and nearly three extra

I belong to 6 groups.io groups. The other 5 all have an Emailed Photos folder, while this one does not (anymore). My understanding is that it's a storage quota issue. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows,