Photo: Boxed Automobiles On Flatcars A circa early 1950s photo from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A7KI7ODJT7DHJ68R This photo can be

A very good example of this is the recent Resin Car Works release of a SOO 50’ double door boxcar. These cars were built with the double doors centered to facilitate paper loading. Yet, the word

Bruce Smith wrote: One more time: the notation "AUTOMOBILE" on a car did NOT mean, repeat, did NOT mean it was in auto parts or automobile service. It only meant it was a double-door box car, by

Guy, That is correct. The Rapido double door cars are class X31A. These are general service box cars with no automobile loaders and hence no tubes, fixtures or door markings. Note, that they can

Here's one of my Red Caboose SP F-70-7's with lead shot glued underneath. Don DeLay

Well Dennis, you got me there. That will teach me to be a wise guy. Mont Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Bruce Smith wrote: "The X31B/C would need a new mold. Much easier to get X31s out of the current mold with floor tubes and end fixtures (maybe an etched brass part?)" Bruce, Is it safe to assume that

I lived in Sewell, NJ, on the P-RSL in the 1950s and saw exactly the same thing.; sand in long gondolas. I don't remember any Reading hoppers. Sewell was on the line that passed through Vineland to

This photo was bugging me as I can't ever recall seeing a draft gear like this, so I did some research. Turns out this is a pattented Commonwealth "Transom Draft Gear". The springing is contained in

What’s your question, Ed? This thread has answered many of these questions. Schuyler

I donno Mont. It was well into the diesel era before the CSS&SB (South Shore) dieselized. Dennis Storzek

what about sand used to make concrete? when I was a kid there were 2 abandoned sand quarries near my home where sand had been taken for building homes. One was filled with water and is now a park.

I’ve had good luck with drill bits and hand taps from Drills and Cutters: https://drillsandcutters.com/hand-taps/ Take a look at the HSS Hand Taps. The drill bits I buy from them are the Jobber

As long as everyone is weighing in on the transportation of various types of sand here goes. The Monon had lot of sand on line near Lake Michigan at Michigan City, IN, known as the Indiana Sand

For some time, the New Haven shipped sand in gondolas from Cape Cod in MA. I think this lasted as long as there was freight service, but I’ve also thought the sand was only for use at NH locomotive

I’ve got them but not used them yet. They look great Feedback on this site seems to be mostly positive Fenton

Randy lots of sand pits in Iowa. The car was coming from Des Moines. Des Moines has two rivers, and lots of sand and gravel pits. I suspect the car was loaded in the Des Moines area. The bigger

Tom Birkett wrote: Good question, Tom, but certainly not in the early days. SP was part owner and one might doubt they would want to sell to Santa Fe. But that all ended in the 1920s. Would be

The NH cars were 41' drop-bottom gondolas. Any idea where the sand was shipped from? I highly doubt it was loaded on the NH. There are no loads of sand shipping from CT in the 1950-1954 1% waybill

Get real twist drills from a machinist’s supply (McMaster, MSC, Travers, etc.). For 2-56 screws you want a number 50 drill. Quality usually follows price. A 1st quality USA made drill will cost up