Bob Chaparro wrote: KDKA still exists (or did until quite recently), and was "grandfathered" in the general pattern of Western station call letters beginning with "K" and Eastern ones with

Another view: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM83985 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Nice car, Bob! Elden Gatwood

Circa 1990, Front Range offered styrene kits for variations of postwar AAR boxcars with R-3-4 improved dreadnaught ends and diagonal panel roofs, a cache of which I unburied in my pandemic project to

Very likely these are Santa Fe livestock cars from their earlier classes, possibly Classes Sk-K, -L-, N or -P. Such cars appear on Page 71 of the book, Stock Cars of the Santa Fe Railway and a roof

Photo: Assorted Boxcars (NYC, MC, PRR & Wabash) A 1921 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/outdooradvertising/XXX0660 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob

Photo: Norfolk Southern & Seaboard Gondolas A 1926 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19260401EC0083 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob

Photo: Southern Gondolas 119079, 316116 & 119156 1929 and 1930 photos from the Duke University

Photos: Norfolk Southern Boxcar 20178 Two 1926 photos from the Duke University

Photo: NC&St.L Boxcar 15337 A 1926 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19260301EC0066 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet,

Photo: D&H Gondola 37595 A 1926 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19260601EC0118 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Clinchfield Boxcar 8153 A 1930 photo from the Duke University Archives: https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukeconstruction/19300503WC0346 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob

Why Radio Was "Special" In The Early 20th Century I've seen several photos of boxcars with banners proclaiming their load of radios. The reason was radio was something new and special in the early

This is great! Researching history can be fascinating. And incidentally, one of the overhead shots in the full blog post shows a neat switching puzzle for, of course, Steam Era Freight Cars. Thanks

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Here is some more information from a bookseller who sells through Facebook and train shows. Paul Krueger Seattle, WA ======= Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Vol. 35 – the 1937 AAR Box Car by Silverlake

Hi Nelson--Thank you. Except for lower areas as mentioned, the model generally has the out of the box finish that Red Caboose provided. Added styrene and metal parts were hand painted with Scalecoat

Steve That’s looks really nice. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Dang, Claus, I deleted them! Suffice it to say, they paralleled your points. The trucks look foreign, not of American manufacture. They are very heavy, something American RRs had yet to

A fun experiment would be to put the wheelset in a drill chuck and get it rotating, and then drop a tiny drop of thin paint exactly in the center - just to see if it replicates