I live in "Little Egypt" well to be technical, about 5 miles north of the "Gateway to Little Egypt". Local lore says the Little Egypt name for Southern Illinois originated during the

Looks like that might have been a trademark of that brick company. https://thatwasourwork.tumblr.com/post/21018853984/murphysboro-paving-brick-company-egyptian-block/amp Dave Smith (just home from a

John, Thanks for sharing that file and info. Very interesting. I also see the wording of the North Dakota caboose law you presented in bold is similar to the wording of the 1913 Ohio law. In the

Three new kits and a few older kits are now available from Resin Car Works. The latest blog post has more info. http://blog.resincarworks.com/august-rcw-kit-update/ Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Eric, thank you for bringing this to my attention. I looked at prior data and I was in error on those dates. The wreck I mentioned was in 1907. Here is an exert from an article I wrote

I had wondered about triple dome tanks also and where prototypically I might use the several single, two, and three, dome tank cars I had bought from SC&F purchased earlier other than overhead

Aside from the scale, the car itself is interesting in a number of ways. It appears to be a late 1920s ARA derivative, but with 6+6 panel sides and an extension around the roof to raise the inside

The reason for having two sets of rails across a scale (one live set for weighing, and one 'dead' set that are unattached to the scale mechanism) is that running cars and locos over the live rails at

Bob wrote: “One of 47 Illinois Central box cars loaded with Egyptian bricks circa 1927 in Murphysboro, IL. Egyptian bricks were also used in in the construction of the Panama Canal. Notice Fox

Bob Chaparro wrote: “Eric Kurowski commented: “My AAR top load manual shows crawler equipment had bolts though the track that went through the deck. It was one of many acceptable

I built and upgraded Milwaukee Road (MILW) single-sheathed (SS) box cars 716862 and 717024 with information and photo help from others. I upgraded these cars with the usual detail parts such as wire

Can anyone who knows James Platt from Minnetonka, MN, contact me off list with James' correct email. I'm trying to respond to him and his email address bounces back to me Thanks -- Pierre

Plus, some nice looking dents in the bottom end panel. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

The label "Egyptian bricks" on the photo may refer to the fact that southern Illinois has historically been referred to "Little Eqypt". Witness the towns of Cairo, Thebes, etc. Even the Southern

Photo: Weighing Erie Boxcar 62106 Photo from Morning Sun Books: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/7521/products/049_ErieRR_Official_V1_softbook.jpg?v=1476385483 Appears to be only one pair of

Brick Load Photo courtesy of R.J. Ihle on the Facebook Railroad Images of Bygone Days group. He comments: “One of 47 Illinois Central box cars loaded with Egyptian bricks circa 1927 in

Jim, Broadly speaking, it is possible. Two situations resulted in lease fleets owning a competitor’s designed car. First, mergers. Cars from absorbed fleets often came from a wide variety of

Here is the original E-Mail notification: You have to have a login and password to get to their online shop. But the E-Mail provides enough info, I believe. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

Alex, I don’t see the photo you mentioned… can you provide a link? The NYCHS basically decided to become a competitor of other on-line hobby shops. Accuracy has never been a big issue

Looking at the ad, there is a GATX-marked car, and a UTLX-marked car. Would both companies have had cars of the same design. And is this model an accurate representation of a three-compartment