ART burned retired wooden reefers at Bush, IL, which is curious because it was not ART property but rather a remote coal marshaling yard in southern Illinois on the Missouri Pacific. MP owned half of

Michael Gross and I were exchanging emails on weathering with watercolor pencils and I bought a few at Art Mart while I was in St Louis this past week. There several videos on YouTube on how the

That should have read “Carmer Cut Levers”... not what auto correct put in Matthew Hurst PRRT&HS #6799 PRRT&HS modeling committee

Yes. The 1924 design X29s had charmer cur levers. 1924= short upper door track, square door stops, car builders door (three panel), vertical brake staff. Matthew Hurst PRRT&HS #6799 PRRT&HS modeling

Yes. Later on, some received other types as replacements. Jim Hunter

In the early 1940's did Pennsy X-29's have Carmer cut levers? Thanks. Jared Harper

Late 1940's, the L&N was burning wooden cars nightly. They had been tipped over sideways off the trucks and set ablaze. We would sometimes drive over in the evening to watch the fires. By morning, I

Indeed. Burning was the standard way of scrapping any composite (wood-metal) structure, from sheds to steamships. Dan Mitchell ==========

Obviously NP was reclaiming metal. Fairly common back in the day. Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

http://research.nprha.org/BRHS/BRHS_467_1_1374.jpg -Hudson

Yes l can see on closer inspection, thanks.

It's not. The cable is an overhead line of some sort (you can see its shadow on the left side of the car roof), and the line running parallel to the brake staff is the air line for the retainer valve

Why is there a rope or cable coming from right, wrapping round the brakestaff and then going down the end of the car parallel with the brake shaft?

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On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 12:07 PM, Bob Chaparro wrote: ... and Chicago outside wood roofs.Sounds, and looks like what was termed an "inside metal roof" where the roof was sheet metal panels fitted

Boxcar Roof Detail – Santa Fe Boxcar 24930 (1917) Photo and comments courtesy of Charlie Hepperle. He comments: “Here is a detail from a larger photo taken on Pacific Electric tracks at

Hello: I am preparing to do a Milwaukee Road rib side boxcar in 1/4” scale. I have spent some time looking at the RPC volume containing extensive coverage of the Milwaukee Road cars. my question

Clark Two great looking cars thank you for sharing. Paul Doggett

Sunshine mini kit from years ago

Clark is the C of G car a Speedwitch? Scott McDonald