Bob That is gorgeous. I've always admired the tooling of the Front Range dreadnaught ends - he must have pantographed the real thing to do them that well. The bodies

Oh I am sure you have . Paul

I doubt that !!!-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Fenton I hope you have more patience than me. Paul Doggett

I'm going to have to figure out how to make those as my area of the US did lots of cotton. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

There used to be a guy in England who produced decent cotton bales unfortunately he passed away in middle age . Paul Doggett England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Hello, I believe from the photos they are "self guarding frogs", the guard rails are built into the frogs , not needing a separate guard rails. Ted Schnepf 126 Will Scarlet, Elgin, Ill.

Bill Welch shares a few gondola upgrade tips in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/gondola-details/ Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

I think this is another case of Intermountain quality going to hell in a handbasket. It seems to me that the key factor was the closing of the Hong Kong factory a year or so ago. I just got 6 PFE

Nice car! Al Brown,Melbourne, Fla.

I took this photo at Rantoul, IL. 1969 Ron Christensen

I’ not so sure. Look at the trackage at The Harlem Transfer Company:

A bit more information from a Railway Maintenance And Maintenance Cyclopedia (1929) is attached. There’s a couple more pages of detail, if you’re interested in various rules, practices and vendors

Thanks Ron and James, now I understand! Claus Schlund

A railroad wheel is solid, but with a slight slope so that the outside of the wheel is smaller in circumference than the inside by the flange. A tight corner like this pulls the wheel to the outside

I've seen that in other places. It was probably more common in this era just because there were more industry tracks with very sharp curves. It stands to reason that the back of the wheel flange

Claus Schlund wrote: This sharp curve into the oil dealer facility looks like something model railroaders would do <grin> -- though most would omit the guard rail. Tony Thompson tony@...

Hi List Members, Sometimes when I am looking at images of steam era freight cars on sharp curves, I will see that the inside running rail of the curve will be accompanied by an addition guard rail.

Speculation: some kind of circus car? Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Hi List Members, Can anyone say what the freight car on the LEFT side of this image is? It appears to carry the reporting marks ARC 5