Some may find this interesting. http://www.chiptin.com/schlitz/reefers.htm D Blake

Color was "Freight Car Brown" in B&O literature. It's the color of Kiwi brown shoe polish. Westerfield sells older decals steel appropriate

What interests me is the profusion of stock cars, not something with which one might ordinarily associate this penultimate purpose-built coal hauler. In all, a fascinating railroad. Denny -- Denny

Ed; I had to delete all sorts of spaces and ">" to get the right link. There is also a question make at the end of the first string, that did not paste properly. My eyesight may be bad, but these

Ed: I have the same problem so I just went the NYPL site and searched under oil and found the pictures in question. Gene

I could get a page with the description to come up but no image. Jerry Glow strucID=131768&imageID=95134&word=railroad&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord= >

strucID=131768&imageID=95134&word=railroad&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord= Anyone else have this problem? Know a soluion? Ed

Besides the two-dome car already noted, I am curious about the white stripe around the domes of the cars in the first row, and what the gons on the adjacent track might be for. regards, Andy

Hello everyone, Does anyone know what kind of roof was applied to the following series of Maine Central single-sheathed boxcars: MEC 35001-35300 MEC 35652-35901 Thanks, Mark Heiden

Elden, why do you think that's not coal? I mean, it's not nice shiny black diamonds, but OTOH, a lot of coal was essentially 'combustible dirt.' SGL

Hi Chet, Nemah oats is a familiar name. I believe my father planted that brand. With corn grown for seed, the seed corn company contracts with local farmers at the beginning of the planting season

What is that two dome, long tank in the foreground? Is that one of the two compartment tanks???

And here's another neat image from the

Thanks, Dennis! I have to say that it appeared to me to be either overburden, or perhaps fill material, due to the odd planes of fracture and unsorted look of the material. I had never seen coal

Looks like coal to me, although a lot of it appears to be un-screened "mine run" coal. That's what coal looked like before the advent of "long wall" mining.

All, I have several NYC reference materials for sale on that unmentionable auction site. They are: NYC Stations & Terminals by Geoffrey H. Doughty, 1999. Excellent condition. NYC Color Guide to

Thanks, Ed. Interesting photo! Did anyone else note that the cars do not appear to be loaded with coal? I wonder what the story was? Elden Gatwood

In case you folks have a problem with that huge link, here's a shorter version... http://makeashorterlink.com/?E34024F4C Thanks for posting it Ed! Take Care! Brian R. Termunde West Jordan,

If this works it's a pretty nice yard

I would add one comment to your list. The Optivisor mentioned is a great help no matter what the age. I recall an editorial in Mainline Magazine that stated "if it looks good at 4X magnification, it