On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 02:48 PM, Eric Hansmann wrote: Neat cars. I see US Safety Appliance stencils on both cars. This lettering requirement was eliminated in 1925 GPCX 259 has a builder stencil on

Rich Oh, WOW, I never noticed that !! Yes, the panel sizes are incorrect on the Red Caboose 8 foot door cars because the original Front Range tooling had the wrong

Adding to Bruce's observations, I discovered a tank car detention report for Port Chicago from November 1944 in the San Bruno branch of the National Archives and wrote a blog post about it in 2012.

Bruce mentioned a train of boxcars with a stairstep effect and here is one on the SP&S:

Neat cars. I see US Safety Appliance stencils on both cars. This lettering requirement was eliminated in 1925 GPCX 259 has a builder stencil on the frame above the left truck: Built 2 (or 8) 1918 by

Chris The artwork you sent shows two PC&F cars. Easily recognized by the roof overhang on the ends! Your photo shows two New Haven PC&F cars. Bryan

Clarence, I would disagree with you on this. Since "modern day" (for this list is 1959), we'll only talk about this and backwards. Tanks cars in petroleum service ranged from 6,000 to 12,000 gallons,

Bill told me that the economic hit the on-the-ropes Red Caboose got was from the money spent upgrading the former Front Range 40' box cars. The sales were way below expectations and I would wager that

Besides building new freight cars Pacific Car & Foundry also rebuilt numerous cars. In 1927 they cleaned and painted 5 tank cars for General Petroleum in Seattle. Here are photos of GPCX 203 and 259.

North Western Refrigerator Line refrigerator car NWX 793, this car was originally built in March 1927 and was rebuilt by Pacific Car & Foundry in March 1955. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive

Thanks for posting these photos, Rich. I've always been a fan of these cars. Do you/does anyone know if they last into the 50s in this configuration? John Golden Soon To Be Back In O'Fallon, Ill

Northern Pacific Automobile Box Car NP 8029, built by Pacific Car & Foundry October 1929. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection. Rich Wilkens

Jim - I believe strings of "mostly the same" tank cars has been an industry practice for a long time. I'm particularly fond of Sinclair tank cars and company history, and as vividly as 55 years of

Rich, Thank you. Dear Colleagues, Please note that the ladders on the side of the car have mounting brackets only at the top and the bottom of the

Milwaukee Road Box Car CMSTP&P 715394, built by Pacific Car & Foundry September 1928. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection. Rich Wilkens

I just looked again, and did find a Red Caboose 8700 series kit unbuilt. Maybe this says something about having too many unbuilt kits. Attached are photos of the Branchline doors with the Red

Milwaukee Road Automobile Box Car CMSTP&P 594446, built by Pacific Car & Foundry August 1929. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection. Rich Wilkens

Tim and Andy, This has been an interesting discussion. Thanks for reminding me about the RC-8700 series kits. I thought I had a good use for some old Front Range cars I had on the shelf, but

Ted, Those are vents designed by USRE/Evans, still in use today. Rich Christie

Tim, I too was confused about exactly what they are doing (although I think I understood back in January when I placed my order). It appears that they are indeed doing both Magor and PC&F versions