I am in the process of building the Resin Car Works Soo Line 50’ boxcar kit. Two different type of brake gear are provided, but I couldn’t find any information that shows which series of cars

And to complete the Droege “trilogy”, Yards and Terminals and Their Operation is also available on google

The later 1925 version is available free from google books https://books.google.com/books/about/Freight_Terminals_and_Trains.html?id=9O5KAAAAMAAJ

Thanks Bob for posting this link. Gems like this provide enjoyable reading and can be drawn upon again and again. Jerry Masters, a friend I have often researched with at the MNHS, who is also a

The NMRA reprinted Freight Terminals & Trains several years ago. Copies are still available. https://www.nmra.org/store/books Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I have a hardbound copy of Passenger Terminals and Trains. Am very glad to learn that there is a download available for Freight Terminals and Trains. Thanks. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

O'Connor, stated "- railroad traffic distances and routes often have nothing to do with the "shortest path" between two points." I do not think so. There is a cost to the railroad and every cost

Thanks for the advice, Garth. When I bought the cars I had seen they needed grab irons and brake detail. I hadn't noticed that the SP car had metal ends when I bought it, I had thought it was

I searched on Passenger Terminals and Trains and found his other classic book for download. Nelson Moyer

Thanks for pointing this scan out, Bob. I noticed that the physical book they scanned was through the courtesy of funding by James J. Hill as mentioned on the first flyleaf. Good old Jim Hill still

Cap, As others have noted, these are Train Miniature cars. The Stark Trees boxcar with wooden ends might be convertible to a number of prototypes, especially if you shave off the grabs and don't count

Richard Townsend wrote: I would agree with all of this. In my 1953 ORER, there is only one reporting mark listed for Shell Chemical (SCMX), so it's hard to see a likelihood of any others. And I

Holly is likely Holly Sugar, of Holly Colo., a beet sugar producer. ASR suggests American Sugar Refining, an East coast producer of cane sugar with plants in New York, Boston, Baltimore and

I'm going to take a stab at this. Here's a few things I noticed: 1. the reporting mark is unclear at best 2. The reporting mark is light struck 3. The top stroke of the "Z," if that is what it is, us

Tim, Thanks much. I have heard of Molco, but never used any of their products. Sounds like it's time to visit their website. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Scanning some photos by Raymond V. Pelot of Martinez today, I noticed a pair of Shell tank cars in the foreground. SCCX 1114 was a 7960 gal TMI with heater coils and a 345 gal dome. The silver Shell

Todd Sullivan wrote: Definitely Train Miniature. That whole line was supposed to represent various 1920s cars, but they made MANY compromises so they could use one underframe and interchange the

That's what I was thinking company wise, and I figured they were freelance designs. I would like to kitbash them to 'proper' prototype cars, if we can find cars that match up to the dimensions (or if

They look like Train Miniature double wood sheathed steel end 40ft boxcars that have no particular prototype, AFAIK. Todd Sullivan

The white one appears to be a Train Miniature stock no 8073, part of the car spotter's series. Later released as stock no 2264. I believe the prototype actually had the doors down at the end of the