Hi List Members, I was sorting thru a box of junk I didn't even know I had, and I found these small ship anchors - see attached image. In my chosen scale (N) these are about 9 feet in length as can

I deleted my cache and that did it. I never had this problem before. Railcar Photos is a great site and I find it extremely valuable. Steve Kay

Matt: At that time, T&G V-groove siding was either 3-1/4 or 2-5/8; the latter was actually 5-1/4 siding with a V-grove down the middle of the board. My sense is that the 3-1/4 was far more common. I

Thanks for the help Howard.

Found the American Straw Board in the April 1908 ORER No dimensions series 1-25 and 101-107 Listed under United Box Board and Paper Co. Same info updated Sept 1908 Same info updated July 1909 listed

RJ; You are correct. I uncovered dozens of photos of auto damage claims on the PRR during my searches, and the teens thru thirties were the worst. There was a lot of bad blocking & tie-downs,

Follow up: As of 12:30PM Eastern Time, the railcarphotos.com site appears to be to be back up and running normally. A search I performed worked correctly as well. Cheers, George Irwin

It is definitely a Kato. Black is correct. Brian J. Carlson

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