Hi Does anyone know if the ATSF hauled sugar beets in California in the early 1950s if so whereabouts. Many thanks Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bill - You are correct. -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard Airline in Central Florida

Mangled that. Meant Way of the Zephyrs. Rob

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/fsac/1a34000/1a34800/1a34818u.tif Two more CB&Q cars are evident in the back of this photo - both are near the centre (side to side), and (counting

It is my understanding that Hastings grown potatoes are particularly well suited for Potato Chips. Bill Welch

Checking the ORER's All coal cars from 1893 on were in the 3xxxx series the 32963 is not listed in the March 1899 ORER Listed in the Jun 1900 ORER with an interior of 33ft. Howard Garner

I like the roof (and roofwalk) colors And note the ratio of wood roofwalks (most) to steel (very few) Ken -- Ken Akerboom

Understood, but I later said I used semi-gloss and satin, not gloss. Nelson Moyer

Nelson Moyer wrote: It's quite true that freshly painted prototype freight cars were glossy. But within a month on the road, that shine had become dull, as numerous photos of very recently built

Good thing no one is suggesting oversimplification. Rob

Here’s another photo from the Library of Congress Farm/War Admin collections: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/fsac/1a34000/1a34800/1a34815u.tif Rob

Photos are good for weathering, chalk marks, etc. but not so good for color. There are two basic approaches to painting freight cars, paint for a new car paint job and weather according to age after

Fair enough. But I like to start with a photo and go from there. One of my challenges is that 1950’s paint isn’t a great reference for my 1946 model era. And my other challenge is that I

wasn't plans for this car, featured in MR back.in the 60' mel perry

Rob, I know nothing about those cars, but do know a little about photography. So I pass along that the color palette of WWII era Kodachrome, which was the slide film stock used back then, had a very

Bob Chaparro wrote: I love the trucks you can see in the photo! Tony Thompson tony@...

Photo: Wabash Gondola 2963 (Undated) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/42531/rec/7 Scroll on the photo to enlarge

Photo: Pacific Electric Boxcar 10069 (1947) Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/photos/id/28746/rec/40 Use the slider to enlarge the

Rob; As I recall, there are those great Delano photos, as well as others, taken in Chicago during WW2 that include some CB&Q cars. Elden Gatwood

Eric; Yes, and converted back to GS thereafter, sloped drop doors being removed 1929-’45-ish. The two photos of coke racks on GSD we put in the book are instructive. Yes, I have, but do not