i stand corrected, apparently in the 50's railroader's were expendable, wonder what changed that thinking? OSHA? mel perry

Based upon the car data lettering and lack of full 1911 Safety Appliance Act amendment hardware, this photo is 100+ years old. Was it on the Library of Congress site? If so, it’s public domain.

Garth … I saw several Vanderbilt tenders (4- and 6-axle) in MOW service while living in Virginia in the 80s. Definitely “eye catching” in a consist of old boxcars and passenger cars. There

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Actually, no, this is not a "dry ice reefer," but a car used to TRANSPORT dry ice. Tony Thompson tony@...

Mel: What’s a no no? Can you site a Tariff or special instructions? Thanks Paul C. Koehler

Friends, Attached are four views of former C&O steam locomotive tenders downgraded to MW service, which makes them "sort-of freight" cars. From the photos Bill McClure shared a few weeks back, I

Attached, not the specific car referenced in Bob’s post but an image of a dry ice reefer, which my records show “scrapped, June 58.” Schuyler

We’ve recently been advised that more roads than just the Lehigh Valley owned “wrong way” box cars. This is a snip from a larger photo titled “Buffalo NY 1910 Kellog Company.” I am not

Back in the day "cordwood" was sold at various outlets or could be delivered to your home for heating purposes. pulp wood was left whole(not split like seen in the photo). Cheers & Beers, Bill

Very helpful photo with the wood roof. I am doing a Board x Board Roof Pattern to fit the Tichy reefer kit. Bill Welch

Interesting find Bob. Although the test facility was at FGE, I am pretty certain they did not use A Fruit Growers car. In the years after WWII feeling the pressure from trucks equipped with

Bob Chaparro wrote: PFE reefers with wood roofs did not have ice hatch platforms, as you see here. Platforms were for outside metal roofs. Tony Thompson tony@...

Hi Garth, Some, perhaps most, automobiles were shipped as “kits” circa 1905. Nice shot of the truck. Too bad we can’t see more of the boxcars. Pax, Ralph Brown Portland, Maine PRRT&HS

I like all the cars 1st car – cut (dimensional?) wood on bulkhead flat 2nd/3rd cars – random pieces parts 4th car – most of it looks like the parts that are cut off the outside of the log

mel perry wrote: In later years, yes. In the 1950s, no. Tony Thompson tony@...

But correct 'Chingish' would be, "Model million pulpwood load begins first stick." No 'a' or 'the' in Mandarin, ditto prepositions. Todd Sullivan who learned Chinglish from my dear wife who is from

All else fails, place it directly behind the engine then the other cars will not be impacted. But if all cars are properly weighted to NMRA standards, I would not think that there would be a problem

Bob, (Here I go again!) I suspect this photo is somewhat mislabeled. The loads are may be shake wood on its way to a shingle mill. Nice photo though. Good find. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Bob, Unless those crates contain spare parts, or are part of a "kit", they are far too small for a whole car. In the early days before Evans racks, autos were sometimes shipped in crates (via freight

Friends, Edward has pretty much hit the silk problem on the head. Silk was a very, very valuable cargo, and was a tempting target for organized crime. Some division points along the silk routes had