Great shots, Claus, thanks for sharing, and I'm not even a Reading fan but really wonderful railroad shots. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

4100 series works for MEC 35001-35300 after removing fish belly underframe. Rich Gibson

Hi Tom and List Members, To make it easier for others, here are some links... The “RDG 2-8-0 2048” file shows a poultry car immediately behind the engine. Cannot see the name/number, but the

 Hi Phillip, Insulating layer - good possibility. You also wrote: "On the other hand whoever heard of a steam locomotive with a lagged tender tank?". Good question - could the water in the

I think we are looking at an insulating layer if you enlarge the picture you can see lots of vertical lines that might be a wrapping of insulation. Insulating a water car that might freeze would seem

Clark LNE 8001- 8750 were 1923 ARA Steel Sheathed cars.The roofs were flat panel and later rebuilt with diagonal panel roofs after WW2. They are NOTHING like any accurail kit. Now 7001-7200 are SS

The Accurail 7100 kit would be a good start for a CB&Q 26000 class boxcar, it is 9'4" IH while the 28000 is 10' IH. Accurail has two car numbers in the 26000 series. These cars had Murphy raised panel

Thank You Al: Yet Another example of forgotten articles in Rail Model Journal, Model Railroading and Mainline Modeler. My question is generated by the unique inderframe that these cars used. They had

See article in Railmodel Journal attached Al Smith Sonora CA On Saturday, April 9, 2022, 07:40:51 PM PDT, WILLIAM

Note on 10096 the “repacked” date (lower right corner) was ?4-22-32? RE: Nip in top-left corner of door” Looks to me like there is a sheet metal “hood” covering a potential leak spot

Does anyone know if a Union Pacific B-50-20 50' boxcar has survived in any railroad museun? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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I was just browsing through the "Classic Freight Cars" 40' box car books. I found some candidates that might work using Accurail cars. CN 573500-574699 really cool double door car. Would like to know

The SP&S was jointly owned by the NP & GN and officers of the GN and NP jointly served on the board of the SP&S. And top SP&S positions toggled between GN or NP every couple years. Of every dollar of

Ken, Attached is an image of an NP boxcar with what seems like a 1933 weigh stencil. SP&S may have followed NP practices at some point, just not in the early 1930s. Eric

Didn't SP&S largely follow NP practices... -- Ken Adams Omicron BA2.2 may come and go but I still live mostly in splendid Shelter In Place solitude Location: About half way up Walnut Creek Owner

I see a 1932 weigh date stencil at the far end of the car side. I wonder why the SP&S continued to use older lettering guidelines nearly a decade after they were updated. Here are the elements that

Portable Fan Precooling The text and photo are from the USDA publication, Technical Bulletin No. 505, Refrigeration Of Oranges In Transit From California, dated January 1936. Bob

Photo: GN Reefer 91300 (1910) Photo from the Oregon Historical Society: https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/great-northern-railroad-refrigerator-car Click on the photo twice for maximum

Photo: SP&S Boxcar 10098 Photo from the Oregon Historical Society: https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/sp-s-freight-railcar Click on the photo twice for maximum enlargement. Individual vertical