I believe, and it would take much digging in my files to find it, that NYC had some express cars converted from milk cars. Probably older cars made surplus after more modern steel milk cars came into

Hi Bob, The Bev-Bel Corp history is indeed interesting. I am assuming the same people were responsible for the “O” scale cars that carried the Bev-Bel name that I became aware of in the 80s’

Hi Bob, No idea how that photo got my name on it, as I’m certainly not the photographer. I wasn’t born until Nov 1952. Maybe I shared it with someone privately and they have shared it with Utah

Hi Gents, A quick note in case you want to mark up your calendar. The St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modeler's Meet is on! This year's met will be held once again at the Gateway Convention Center in

I think there is a survivor car in Colorado Springs at muesum. I know it's an early SFRD mechanical reefer for sure. Scott McDonald

The name train slogans on all 3 classes were painted on the correct (left) side when built. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Bob and Friends, When you follow the link to Don Strack's web pages, you will also find a photo of Swift 6284. This car is swaybacked, even though it has a steel underframe. I wonder if anyone besides

Before anyone calls out my error -there were 11 cars in the 2500-2510 series of RR-56 MTC cars not 10. John B. Moore, Jr. -- okladivjohn@...

SFRD 2500-2510 MTC cars were built in 1955 as part of the RR-56 class but were equipped with Thermo-King refrigeration units and Continental diesel. Only 1 side photo of cars as built has been found

Once again I’ve revised my New Haven Railroad TOFC Clinic you can find here: https://sites.google.com/view/newhavenrailroad1959/tofc-service-on-the-new-haven-clinic.I’ve added builders photos,

Note that SFRD 2500-2510 only had two sets of vents towards the B end on the left side. And in a photograph of SFRD 2500 in the mechanical refrigerator book it looks like the slogans were applied on

Photo: Swift Reefer 6368 An undated David North photo from Don Strack’s Utah Rails website: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/SRLX-6338/i-JhrX46j/A I checked my 1955 Equipment Register for

From 1955=1956 to 1959 there were 200 Rr-56's SFRP 2000-2188 (189) and SFRP 2500-2510 (11). In 1962, 20 of the Rr-56's became SFRM 38000-38019. These cars later were

Late to the party, but this a "Buckeye Bifurcated steel end" NOT a reverse type of Dreadnaught. Have 3D masters sitting here for a BREX model. Please don't ask when I will have them read for sale...

Forgot to sign full name Rich Christie

Bill, Here is the info on the difference, from RPI The Northern Pacific got War Emergency cars in '44, but these were only 7-panel box cars with a Howe truss, not the 9 panel Pratt truss of what I

The NP 28000 series war emergency boxcars were seen with both black and box car red ends. Was there any rhyme or reason as to which got what? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy

Earlier Jeff Ford asks: Is it Schrodinger's car, Unprototypical and aprototypical at the same time? being a play on Schrodinger's Cat. I think of the Velveteen Rabbit story and how the

Dennis Storzek wrote: Sure, and I don't want to wrangle nomenclature here. But I do think physical appearance matters. I believe you CAN distinguish a rib from the flat parts. The ribs have convex

Well Tony, we can agree to disagree. What is "rib" and what is the space between the ribs chances as you move the neutral axis of the end sheet from one face of the pressing pattern to the other, but