Perhaps I misread that somebody was making a distinction between a flat with a well with a permanent floor and one with a well hole without a floor which inferred special sides that could support a

On the NYC, "S" denoted two things: It meant a "System" car that was "at home" on any NYC line, and it also (usually) meant a car having the highest allowable amount for repairs; thus usually the

I think that is an SP Harriman design flat car. As to the switch, I have heard of No.3 switches being used in the old days-like the DL&W circular freight house and yard on the waterfront in New

Charlie, you write: As there is a wood floor and no mention is made of removable structural members it can be assumed they are not open well cars. “Removable structure” isn’t required for a

All- According to the Westerfield 1955 ORER disc, there are two such cars, GN 60013 and 60031 (must have run out of decal numbers!!). Note N states “Dimensions of well in cars numbered 60013 and

Schuyler; I don’t read that from either ORER or pic. It has a wood floor, something you don’t generally have in a well HOLE flat, which has no cross-members beneath the “hole”, which this

 Hi Bob and List Members, The flat car appears to be parked on top of a turnout. The maybe it is the optics of the lens used by the photographer, but diverging route of the turnout looks to be a

Agree with Dennis Storzek. I grew up in Chicago and loved the views of the yards from Grant Park before all the air rights were sold to real estate developers. Also loved seeing the huge, iconic

Looking very nice, Andy. It's always nice to see the occasional open door in a consist, and I think you are on to something. -- Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Photo: Tractor Load On AB&A Flat Car (1913) A photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM8557 The flat car appears to be from the Atlanta,

Photo: Log On Flat Car (Undated) A photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM90612 The flat car is unidentified. Interesting cribbing. Bob

Photo: Refrigerator Load In Cincinnati Northern Boxcar S-3359 (1928) A photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM21670 Another advertising banner

Elden, that is DEFINITELY a well-hole flat. You can see in the panel where the LD LMT is shown that the bottom of the “pipe fitting” is below the deck. And all that bracing, the timbers and the

Of course the tender body would be filled with something for added weight, such as ballast or sand, sometimes mixed with scrap iron for more weight. The Rock Island had a bunch of "haystack" tenders

Dennis Storzek: In the late 1980s we had a new customer on the Illinois Division that wanted rail access. So, they lined up an approved contractor to build the track up to the property line and we ,

John, It seems that an empty tender would be pretty light for a snow plow so did they fill the cistern and coal (or oil) bunker with sand or some other heavy material. As a side note,

Both the IC and the Milwaukee Road had numerous tenders converted to sand cars. The Milwaukee also converted their old tenders to snowplows and flangers. John C. La Rue, Jr. Bonita Springs, FL

Bob, all; These GN cars are very interesting. I know next to nothing about them, except what I can glean from photos. I believe it is a well flat, not a well HOLE flat, since it does not look

Pictures are from the 1876 Philadelphia exhibition (World's Fair). Maynard Stowe

By the time that the photo was taken, the Weber Wagon Company had become a subsidiary of International Harvester (purchased Weber in 1906). See: