Tom, I doubt a GN car would have the word NORTHE . . . stenciled on the side . . . But other than that, I think it’s interesting that the boards making up the roof have two grooves milled into

Photo: PRR Livestock Car 125060 A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3603429 This photo can be

Photo: Grand Trunk Boxcar 311896 (1914) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3228046 This photo can

CN Boxcar 319485 A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3271635 This photo can be enlarged quite a

Unidentified Boxcar "With Metal Roof" A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3603442 This photo can be

Photo: NYC Boxcar 257799 A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=4427350 This photo can be enlarged

The attached photo is in the current issue of a historical society publication from my home area in northeastern PA. (Scan courtesy of the editor.) The caption states "Sam Nevin in Columbia Township,

Mike and all, As far as I know the Ottawa, IL sand went to Chrysler Foundry on Indianapolis west side. Sand from Michigan City may have gone there too. FYI Chrysler Foundry consumed 1000 cu. Ft.. Of

Monon left them on troop kitchen cars converted to storage mail cars after they were placed in MofW service. Those still in passenger service after 1959 got ASF A3s. I have one photo of a car after

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Bill and all, Only one LO ended up dedicated to Omar Baking in Indianapolis. If I recall correctly from diagrams it was fitted with 20 inch circular round hatch openings ON the original square hatch

Eric: ALL of the drawings for the electrode and coil steel cars (and covers) and the track cars are in the SRHA archives. While the coil covers could be scratchbuilt, they would be good candidates

But that point is moot because the FRA wasn't created until SEVEN YEARS after the cut-off date of this discussion group. Yes, in our era the ICC could make force of law rulings, but only in areas

Following up on Tim's statement. When doing a comprehensive car inspection (required for a waiver on a 50 year+ old freight car used on a FRA regulated tourist railroad) the FRA will require you to

Garth, You are correct regarding WWII. Thank you. Other time-appropriate sources would be the Association of American Railroads "Loading of Commodities on Open

Thanks, Tim. Sounds like I need to check the delivery dates for the late Q road numbers to see if they might have come with antennas, though of course the railroad could have installed them after

The EMD library had copies of all of the railroad industry publications going back into the 40’s and I remember seeing a blurb about these cars that stated that some of them were assigned to the

Ahem. These so-called "bans" were not outright bans -- Cars with "outlawed" equipment were simply not approved for UNRESTRICTED INTERCHANGE. Railroads could voluntarily continue

Eric; I can’t find all my MW photos, but here are a couple. PRR had batches of XL box cars converted to camp cars, flangers, etc. I can attest also to them sitting most of the time, not being

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