Bruce Smith is spot on about USAX (later DODX six-axle flat cars). They were manufactured in 1953 to handle the Patton family of tanks, which were considerably heavier than their predecessors. Prior

I now believe you are correct. Early howitzers were often smooth bore, and fell somewhere between “guns” (rifled) and mortars (smoothbore). By WWII even the howitzers were rifled. Dan

The Army bought 6300 M59 APCs between 1954 and 1959, they would appear in our time frame. The only model of them I am aware of is a 3d printed one at $18.00 each IIRC. One of my

It is my impression that the barrel of the M115 (8" howitzer) is not a smooth bore, but rifled. From TM 9-1300-203, page 2-143: "The projectile [8-Inch: HE, M106] consists of...and a gilding metal

The M75 was not an artillery tractor or truck, as we’ve been discussing. It was an armored personnel carrier, and it was developed very late in the Korean war. Only a small number saw service in the

No M-47 tanks in Korea. The M-47 was a crash program to put a better turret on the M46 Patton tanks following obvious shortcommings found in the Korean conflict. The M-47 was strictly post-war. Korea

You forget the M75 APC. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M75_armored_personnel_carrier Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Just remember that M-60 tanks and M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers are post steam era 1960's and later stuff. They don't belong on this steam era group. Before the 1960's the US infantry traveled in

Clark Propst wrote: “I'm about finished building that old kit. PIA! According to the instruction history and the RP Cyc on rebuilt DS cars all were equipped with AB brakes and Ajax hand brakes

The gun shown is the M1 (later M2) “Long Tom”. It was the largest of three variants of the 155mm gun, having a tandem-axle, 8 tire main chassis, and (usually) a 2-wheeled limber for the gun trails

Jeff, Thank you VERY much for this info! Take Care, Brian Termunde Murray, UT Re: Pacific Coast ds trussrod boxcars From: Jeff Helm Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:54:53 PDT Brian There is an excellent

155 mm Long Tom Steve Peery

Brian There is an excellent book out in the Pacific Coast Railroad, (the one that operated in Washington). It is called Seattle’s Own Railroad, and was recently available to purchase from several

I missed this, and I guess that this answers my question! Thank you both Claus and Eric! Brian R. Termunde Murray, UT

Were these Washington State cars or California ones? TIA I wish I had more info on the Washington operations . . . Brian R. Termunde Murray, UT

Quite possible. While most everyone is familiar with the famous GMC CCKW “deuce-And-a-half” 2.5-ton trucks, there were MANY other WWII trucks larger and more powerful. Thes included Diamond-T

Likely carrying coal from one of the many coal mines in the Crowsnest Pass area of British Columbia and Alberta. John Riddell Sent from Mail for Windows

Bob, To add to some of the other comments. Your era is pretty broad, so it is tough to narrow down specifics. In part beccause your era includes the Korean conflict, but also includes years outside

Hello, I Just checked my Milw car diagram book from 1958, that I have reprinted and offer for sale. These are "Chip Cars", Wood chips numbered 2730000 to 273260. The first part of the group was

I mentioned to Claus earlier that they could be in "hide" service. That would make sense with hatches on the roof and sides. I also agree that if they were hogfuel types the roof would have been