On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 09:46 AM, Ray Hutchison wrote: I imagine that the explanation has something to do with (changes) in the roof construction but have not found documentation.The difference wasn't

Cover the load with tarps before it departed ... and hope for the best. David Payne

These are probably cants, which would later be sawed into other sizes of lumber. Or possibly due to the length these would be made into ship masts. Rich Wilkens

Garth -- Nice photos! If you haven't already, you should send these to the C&OHS for their archives, along with caption info for each (date, location, photographer, car number, car

If it rained? Jared Harper

Interesting – I’ve seen other loads with that kind of caption. Kind of surprising that the surface of the timbers look like they were finished with an adze, rather than through a saw. I cant

More Toothpicks A 1919 postcard photo from the Washington State Historical Society: http://www.washingtonhistory.org/imu/api/file/5805 Description: Lithograph colored promotional post card showing

Photo: Grain Sacks On Flat Cars A 1909 photo from the Washington State Historical Society: http://www.washingtonhistory.org/imu/api/file/25296 Description: "Postcard (8.5x13.5 cm.) featuring

I have been looking online for some definitive information, not finding it there, thought I would ask the following: In the first decades of the 1900s, there were two types of roof hatches for

HI Garth, I’m thoroughly enjoying the photos – go ahead and hog some bandwidth! Claus Schlund

John, I think X-1218 and 705 were the only cars I found with old lettering. I'm sure there must have been some kind of logic to it, but the numbering schemes probably changed from time to time,

Some railroads always identified the type of camp car on the side, some railroads identified them by prefixes or suffixes in the number, and some did not bother at all,,,the C&O was in the latter

I just received an order last week for decals. It might depend on what he has, and where he is, but I would place an order with confidence and patience. Cheers Greg Snook

I'll have to look at that sign again! 😊 I asked what it was because it looked to me like a long train with the roof walks virtually continuous, but then I thought "Nah, that couldn't be, but what

The storage structure along the right side of the platform has a solid back and a roof. I have room for this platform on my layout and often wondered what kind of parts were stored on the shelves

Gary Thank you, it’s to kit bash a Funaro and Camerlengo Wabash 46000 series automobile car into a 17000 series car . Regards Paul Doggett

Paul, You are welcome. I should have mentioned that photo came by way of Ed Hawkins, courtesy of ACF. gary On Monday, May 18, 2020, 7:27:26

Gary Absolutely brilliant thank you. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Paul, Here is one of the 17021. gary roe quincy, illinois On Monday, May 18, 2020, 4:36:34 AM CDT, Paul Doggett via groups.io

Friends, A few weeks ago I offered to share some C&O maintenance-of-way boxcars from my negatives that I was scanning. A couple of you asked me to go ahead with the project. All the photos are scanned