For orientation purposes in case anyone is curious about exactly where these STFMCs are in Jersey City... to the left is the Erie's passenger terminal, and to the center right at the Union Terminal

 Hi Bob and List Members, This appears to be car SWJX 5 Claus Schlund

 Hi Garth and List Members, Bohn ventilators? Thanks for the wonderful image Garth! Claus Schlund

Does anyone have any information on the piggy back trailers in the pictures? I've never seen any with a waffle side like those. Thanks -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard Airline in

With a minimal amount of noodling around the UMW site, you can find the other views of this car and eliminate the guesswork about the car number. Here's a link to one of

 Hi Bob and List Members, This PRR gondola was built (month-illegible)-13, and the PRR class marks "GRa" are just barely discernable if you zoom in enough. It has PRR 'center-bar' style lettering

A pretty dubious distinction from a real estate point of view! OTOH, a predecessor to the now ubiquitous “needle towers” with one condo per floor in NYC. Schuyler

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 09:02 AM, Bob Chaparro wrote: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsnorth/id/11545/rec/57Cool. South Water Street terminal. That skinny little spire to the left

Friends, This photo has been in my collection for years. I finally got it scanned and cleaned up for your interest and approval. Sorry there are no numbers visible. I think we can chalk that up to

I don't know if they came from this source, but I have this and two other shots of the same car -- 355216, class GRa. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Photo: DSS&A Boxcar 11560 (1929) A photo from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Libraries: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsnorth/id/9919/rec/6 Click on the arrows and

Photos: Chicago Freight Yard Photos from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Photo: Tank Cars At Chicago Plant A photo from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Libraries: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsnorth/id/9415/rec/97 Click on the arrows

Photos: Loading Or Unloading A Milk Car (1947) Photos from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Photo: Unidentified PRR Gondola (1929) A photo from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Libraries: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/mke-polonia/id/33889/rec/115 Click on the

I use a rattle can of Rust-Oleum Automobile, #2089 Dark Gray Primer, with no grit blasting; sometimes I wipe the trucks with Isopropyl alcohol before applying the paint. Jim Brewer

Hi all, When I was in H.S. I worked in a salmon cannery. Our cans all came to us fully made up (no lid) in large cardboard boxes of perhaps 1000 cans at a time. The box was the size of a pallet on

Paul, many thanks to you too! Nice pic of an attractive paint scheme, but as you already may have seen, Tim O'Connor sent exactly what I was looking for. A silver SP box car like this doubtless looks

Lots of thanks, Tim! This is PERFECT! :-) The file name even says "1948-1954 style paint scheme"! Many greetings Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1954 Gesendet: Samstag,

Lots of interesting steam era freight cars visible in this photo. https://www.flickr.com/photos/railphotoart/44611217185 It is part of the Victor Hand Collection of EL photos