In September 1920 Pacific Car & Foundry had a contract to rebuild 500 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound wood box cars. Here are the cars being rebuilt along with

Notice the "Transfer Cards" stencil. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Alaska Railroad Hart convertible ballast gondola ARR 1443 built by Pacific Car & Foundry in May 1930. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection. Richard Wilkens

First -- thanks to all who commented on the just-completed Branchline NWX 40' reefer. Encouragement always helps motivate the next one. While on reefers -- I also have a Branchline

Not to divert from the current discussion, but I can offer a bit more information about the car being tracked in the blog post, or rather its origin. The point called "Atreco, Texas" is actually the

Bruce LOL. WHERE did I say crude was shipped by rail to the east coast, EXCEPT in WWII ? Most of the refineries were then, and are now, in the three

A few things: The "Big Inch" pipeline was completed in July of 1943, and at least some historians credit it with being a significant factor in victory on the European front. There was also a "Little

Nelson, Correct. In addition, post WWII, tank car traffic was almost exclusively in refined products and therefore would be from the refinery to the distributor. Large blocks of cars might

Somewhat similar to the Miner brake actuator mechanism? Chuck Greene St. Charles, IL

Tim, You are mistaken in a couple of important ways. First, prior to WWII, crude was mostly handled by coastal tankers, not by rail, when shipping to the refineries in the north east.

Excellent build and finish. I really like the CNW NWX cars. On 7/17/2022 7:14 PM, Bob Chapman wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Early in the war solid trainloads of CRUDE oil plus large blocks had to be moved to east coast refineries (spread from Chesapeake Bay up to North Jersey) by rail until a huge

I thought oil trains ran primarily during WWII due to the danger to tankers from U-boats. Blocks of like cars, yes, but unit trains after the war? Nelson Moyer From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io

It's really beside the point Dave. The argument was made that tank cars should resemble the "stair step" of box cars while MOST tank cars for DECADES were plain old single dome

Ron, I would like the Floquil J. Stephen Sandifer

Rich Ah so! But things get more interesting -- The Red Caboose model CORRECTED the door opening. The Front Range door opening is actually 7-9 rather

That is a brave color scheme to tackle, and then to have it come out so well. Hats off! -- ------------------- RJ Dial Mendocino, CA

That is one interesting looking car. From the A end tiny lumber door to the B end Miner hand brake and everything in between. NP lived in its own world. -- ------------------- RJ Dial Mendocino, CA

I have approximately 100 used and new bottles of Floquil and Polly-S paints that I would like to pass along. I'm located in Houston, Texas. I know several people on this and other lists who could

Bob You made a great job of that car. Paul Doggett