ACF lot 649. 200 cars for Swift, built in Detroit. Order placed July 1899. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

Hi List Members, An image of SFRD 9220, a reefer with trussrod construction and Bohn patent ventilators, class Rr-R No date given

Hi List Members, An image of meat reefer SRL 7749 - no date given but possibly 1895? https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/49589139373/in/dateposted/ Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, Entirely by coincidence, I came across some images of Indian Refining Co tank cars in the Barriger collection today... see links below:

The tank car at the iron City Brewery -probably- has a 3-digit number... perhaps 302 or 312; There is an AC&F builders' photo of IRCo 309... (date unreadable), an apparently identical car for the

With a keg that size, you think it would go flat before it was all used!

Hi List Members, I stumbled upon some images of ANC (Atlantic & North Carolina?) rolling stock - see images below... https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/49813279978/in/dateposted/

Friends, Here's a screen grab with a bit of Photoshop magic of the tank car at the Iron City Brewery. It is marked I. R. Co. 32, and appears to be an AC&F Type 7. Another very interesting tank car is

Very nice-looking boom car, good job fading the paint. But I have never seen a boom car this clean <g>. Probably it still needs the grease and oil stains and general dirt that come with service . . .

 HI Eric and List Members, Eric wrote: "The next car has a Pennsy heritage look, but the markings are not readable" Likely a PRR class XL boxcar. The left opening flush-mounted door and the

Thanks Eric, that is a fascinating book. Just reading the first 10 pages gives a good feel for the dickering between the railroad representatives (the General Committee....) and the ICC. Then, if

That’s a great string of classic freight cars. A well-worn B&LE gondola is at the far right. The Rock Island furniture boxcar is easy to identify. It is one of 213 cars in the 60500-60749 series.

interesting espee box next to it, appears to be fitted with a grain door and riding on t-sections ;-)

Photo: Tank Car Outside Brewery (1913) A photo from the Historic Pittsburgh Collection: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.133908.CP Click on the photo and then scroll to

Photo: Rock Island Furniture Boxcar 60503 (1917) A photo from the Historic Pittsburgh Collection: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.174558.CP Click on the photo and then

Dave, The procedures for granting an exemption or extension back in the day would have been dictated by the ICC, most likely in their rules of practice. Since 1946, those procedures have been

Dave Parker wrote: The ICC (not the MCB) was charged with developing the details of the required appliances, it was put on a deadline (with a threat of penalty), and the fines to be charged the

Dick, Nice work! What gets coupled to the “a” end? Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."

Dick You made a great job of that. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Nice!! AL B.