Thanks, Doug! Elden Gatwood

Thanks, Ben! I should have known you’d have the answer! Elden Gatwood

Elden, my understanding is the racks were for transporting flats of tomatoes. No livestock involved. Certainly not poultry. Attached is an interior photo of the racks. Doug

Folks; Have any of you turned up any more on these cars? https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_12857 Was there a method behind the madness of using wooden box cars, and not hoppers, for shipping

Elden Gatwood asked: "How were these racks used? If for poultry, how unloaded? https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_12653 Car is equipped with temporary racks for tomatoes for Campbell. See The Keystone

Folks; How were these racks used? If for poultry, how unloaded? https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_12653 Thanks! Elden Gatwood

It was for automobile furniture; the front and back seats. Mark Vinski

Great upgrades, Eric, and thanks for the step by step photos! Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Hello, I had, but now cannot find, my copy of the book on MDT reefers. In my mind I'm trying to remember if I loaned it out and never had it returned or misplaced it when I moved my books prior

Another interesting shot, Bob. I don’t recall seeing an end constructed this way as early as 1947. Was this car in service in this scheme, or is this a builder’s image which was repainted after

Thanks, Bob, for sending these around. This shot in particular is amazingly sharp, It’s almost clear what even the small the lettering is on the car. And one other thing: after looking at

Photo: Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Boxcar 4076 (Circa 1915) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/24566/rec/1 Scroll

Photo: Rio Grande Flatcar 23018 (1956) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/12757/rec/9 Scroll on the photo to enlarge

Photo: SLRX 4539 (Circa 1947) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/12368/rec/1 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob

Guys; That photo was the topic of much conversation when it first was posted on the Pitt site. That and a group of adjacent photos were taken to document how utility improvements were

This is a variation on the general theme of empty-load brakes: the idea being that a lesser braking force is applied when the car is empty. Earlier systems used two brake cylinders of different sizes,

Good one Bruce if we were in North Carolina Festus would have said, yup a Suth'rn car, made of wood right Billy Bob? Probably fix'in to go over to Mt Pilot. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye

Last night I was going through the bound 1947 set of Illinois Central employee magazines that I picked up on eBay a couple weeks back. In the November issue I found an article on ABLC brakes that the

Thanks for this hint, Todd! Best regards Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Montag, 19. Oktober 2020 um 21:35 Uhr Von: "Todd Sullivan via groups.io"

Not listed in the Aug 1892 ORER Listed in Jun 1893 - 716 cars series 6900-7621 1899 series splits, 6900-7399 473 cars and 7493-7818 117 car same dimensions 1905 series 7100-7492 85