Don, I'm just going by the titles of the articles, and yield to your knowledge of history in this matter. Yours Aye, Garth Groff

Friends, Am I seeing a distinct dip in the BAR flat car with the tank? Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Elden, I second your comments on the complexity of pools. And when it comes to sub-assemblies, one also should consider that some parts were made by contractors. For instance, American Metal Products

Thanks for the confirmation. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Charlie: I am not aware of any exceptions to the 3" height as long as you are talking about the 1927+ ARA standard (which was when the LD LMT stencil was added). Prior, there was more variation in

Charlie, Reweigh data applied by the Monon was the same size as on newly painted cars, 3 inches. Background colors could be either black or brown depending on a number of things at any given

My optometrist friend rightly points our eyes ‘see’ different colors from others peoples eyes. This color thing is important to me too. We need to allow a more relaxed definition. For example

Lee Thanks for all the input. Charlie -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Eric, The C&O 82000-82999 series double door auto boxes were built 1924-25 by Illinois Car, and the 83000-83999 in 1924 by Pullman Car. The latter series was originally Hocking Valley cars. The

Don, Can you provide documentation to support your assertion of only 10,000 being built before the construction was altered? As well as can you support your assertion that the label

Hi Garth, Please name even one stock car built that used the Fowler Patent. This nonsense began with my old friend Al Westerfield. The fact of the matter is that fewer than 10,000 BOX CARS were

Since when does an early Lidgerwood become a "flat car"? These things were around for years to unload ballast from ballast cars with sides that opened though I yet to figure out how it was done on

Bob, Guys; Fabulous photo, fabulous car, fabulous load. I think these cars were well cars, not well hole cars, though. I have not seen documentation that the floor was removable, but I’d

I think they will make an interesting model. My kitbash is using an earlier version, and almost ready for priming. After getting bogged down by some computer issues, I’ve managed to create

Bruce; Of course I agree with you, but what else do we have to go by? Kodachrome looks more accurate than any other film I ever took. OK, warmer, but warm is good. If I look at a photo or

Eric H asks: What Carmer hardware used? Eric -- This is one of those "don't try this at home" answers. Lacking a clear proto photo of the Carmer, I used what I had -- Yarmouth's

The tanks are US M3 Lee tanks. They were built late 1941 to the end of 1942. They began to be replaced by the better M4 Sherman tanks (a lot were sold to the British). The Lee was not a very good

Photo: Canadian National Tank Car 990870 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3353755 This

Photo: Reading Well Hole Flat Car 99009 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3607476 This

Photos: Bangor & Aroostook Flat Car 71710 With Army Tanks (Undated) Photos from the National Archives of