Schuyler, I stand corrected, I believe that is a KATO model. Details are not as fine a the IM cars----more opportunities for the prototype modeler. Mont Montford L.

A friend's dad used to work at an auto dealership in the early 1950's. He said they routinely did repairs on nicks and scratches, and sometimes major dents and damage at the dealership from cars that

Well, CURRENT IM models have different sill steps and a few other minor differences. https://www.intermountain-railway.com/ho/hohoppers.html and scroll down a LOT. I’ve seen that sort of

Here is a Google Drive link, courtesy of the Southern Railway Historical Assoc. archives, to three drawings, circa 1935 for Evans auto loaders. Southern drawing SF-40545 shows instructions for using

All, My father recently got the itch to reproduce a 1907 American Strawboard boxcar (as seen here and here) and has given me the job of researching decals. I used Photoshop Element’s perspective

For what it's worth, at 9:30AM Eastern Time on August 20, I tried to access railcarphotos.com and was met with a "500 Internal Server Error." These problems usually get straightened out relatively

I've always wondered how many automobiles got squashed during shipment...

Important to delete cache on your computer, as it may be reloading the last page that you looked at from this site. (Under History, you want to tab display all, and then (at bottom) delete

Sorry about that. The website is: https://www.railcarphotos.com/index.php? Steve Kay

Lester, Looks like an Intermountain model. I have one and it checked out nicely with prototype photos. Mont Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing,

Lester, All C&O LO’s of the 1958 cu. ft. design built from 1937 thru 1953 were painted entirely black with white stencils. Builders included ACF, GATC, Ralston Steel Car Co., and Pullman-Standard.

Anybody know how these loaders worked? I am speculating that there is a pivoting ramp that the top car is put onto and then it is rotated up and secured with the poles visible on the sides of the

Lester, black is correct. I think Kato as well. Bill McClure Bill McClure www.billmcclure.smugmug.com www.mcclureimages.com

I was going to guess Bowser. In any case the black color is correct for the time frame. The gray started in the early 1950s. Karen Karen Parker

Not so many years ago, while visiting the former N&W station in Christiansburg, Virginia, I saw in the freight house portion of the station a diagram with instructions for unloading a boxcar

Not sure of the accuracy but I think it is a Kato Model Rob McLear Aussie.

I am attaching a photo of a C&O class “LO” hopper model gifted me. Number and other lettering appear to be accurate for a 70 hopper in the series the hopper is in. I am asking if the black color

Photos: Auto Loader (Circa 1930s) Photos from the Virginia Tech University

Photo: Dunnage For Pineapple Shipment (1960) A photo from the Virginia Tech University Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2974 This photo can be enlarged. Air bag dunnage

Photo: NKP Depressed Center Flatcar 2905 (Undated) A photo from the Virginia Tech University Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2588 This photo can be enlarged. Bob