All- I would be interested in learning more about the NP bobbers based on the Q design. From the photo it looks more like a 20’ NE1 than the 25’ NE2. The NE2 was the one that appeared in MR in a

Nice photo Tim! Thank you for sharing. PQ Corporation still exists, and sodium silicate is a great example of a high specific gravity liquid (1.3 to 1.5 x heavier than water, depending on

There are liquids that are far heavier than water and petroleum. You can probably find out a lot online about chemicals without consulting any tank car information.

It in fact is a brand name and here is some more history. I'd be intrigued how they stacked and loaded them . . . but labor was

I recently built a Sunshine #62.5 UTLX X-3, 6.5K tank car. I was wondering if these smaller cars were used for any special/unique commodities or whether they were used in general service as most of

Yes, I see the number now , 340254 is what I read so that is from the later series built in 1930 (340200-340299) actually they went from 340000-340999. Southern owned 5750 of these cars. Some were

Yes the second car is the furniture car, the one Sunshine made the 40 ft double sheathed (148000-149999)-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

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Good day all The D&RGW stock car kits are now on the website, http://www.yarmouthmodelworks.com/index.php/Home/Index and available for purchase -- Pierre

Chance you can save a better copy of the scan say "TIF" might be able to zoom in better. Looks like both "far cars" might be Southern. Left does look like a Hutchins end.

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