I've attached a Bill Armstrong photo take on a lowly branchline in central Iowa. Shows they crawled out on some of the skinniest limbs ; )) CW Propst

Eric, Pure speculation - Capacity set by the car owner at somethingless than the standard, not to be changed on re-weigh. Denoted in my 1944 era by a star. Just a guess, but not a WAG.John John

The boxcar has a 1926 weigh stencil so the photo can't be 1923. What is the back story on the Arbitrary stencils used with the weigh data here? I've not seen that before.

The Rapido webpage advertising these cars gives the date ranges that the various paint schemes were applicable:

Photo: Embalmed Whale Carrier A 1930 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/9099 A special car. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: MILW Flat Cat 57026 With Auto Carriers & Banner A 1960 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/26811 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: UP Boxcar 13356 With Banner A 1923 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/6527 Only a fair quality photo. Banner advertises

Photo: Northern Refrigerator Car Co. Reefer 9200 A 1928 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/7020 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Boxcar 23206 A 1923 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/4744 Bob Chaparro Hemet,

I've never read that the Westinghouse brake schedule designations had any meaning beyond just being a designation for the schedule of equipment, but they had to come from somewhere. The meaning of C

Bruce, Thank you, very helpful link to that PRR paint page! And, yes, reweigh date of course. -- Jeff Helm Bremerton WA

Jeff, Don't put to much emphasis on early artwork. It will change. Especially since one of the putative single door car numbers is actually in the double door series (oops!). Note that it is not a

Sorry - re-weigh date, not rebuild -- Jeff Helm Bremerton WA

I too have a similar question as raised by Jim, except for 1965. I “think” it’s some variation of Shadow Keystone, but I was unable to read the rebuild dates on Rapido’s illustrations for the

Don, Happily they gave me the Covid-86 shuffle. I am a model builder/house hog now. Rob Manley "Better modeling through personal embarrassment"

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The original Westinghouse automatic brake valve was designated the "F" It was patented in 1872. It did not have "fast action". In general it was good for a train of 8-10 cars. The F valve did not

Schuyler: There is some conflicting information out there with respect to exact dates (e.g., the NMRA info looks suspect), but I tend to rely on the 1913 Westinghouse handbook for information about K

Larry Smith wrote: " A big battle ensued with the other railroads having clearance a problems with the cars and PRR embargoing the other railroads from its lines if they wouldn't accept the cars in

Larry Smith wrote: As some will know, this story is a great irony. In the 1920s, when several Western roads were building tall automobile cars, Pennsy led the objections of eastern roads to these