Yeah, I remember the postal designations being implemented -- late '60s, early '70s? Well past the steam era as Andy says. But back to the freight cars. My only Official Guide (8/36) doesn't show a

I need to remind myself from time to time that our current Post Office official abreviations are relatively recent, certainly well past the steam era. There were no official 2 letter state

I have prepared a list of RTR boxcars that I am offering for discounted sale, many are 50% off MSRP. New stock includes the Atlas '32 ARA boxcars, including undecs. If interested, contact me

Ron, the description says "Monroe, ca. 1931" meaning Monroe, circa 1931. I've often seen Wn. used to abbreviate Washington and I trust what is on the photo more than what is on the web page. Here is

Probably used for tallow, not soap.

Here are two shots of a tank car used for transporting soap, evidently documenting a broken valve. The shots date from 1948. One is a view into the

Nice Pics, but that is not Monroe, Washington. Web Page says Monroe, Ca, (California), but label on Pic says Monroe, Wn, (Wisconson). Ron Smith Carman, UPRR

FGEX, BREX, and WFEX cars were pooled. No more surprising to see FGEX cars on the GN than WFEX or BREX cars in Florida, which also commonly happened. See Bill Welch's essays for more detail. Al

Paul, Great images! Semi-surprised to see FGE cars way out west. Why such a coarse (200 dpi) scanning rate? Hopefully, they are also doing Archival Quality scanning at 400-600 dpi and in TIFF

Here is a picture taken from the icing platform at a lettuce farm in Monroe, WA. Can't see much of the car sides, but there is clearly a Pabst car mixed in there. Incoming

I just received the I-GN version of the Atlas car, nice model. For someone in the throws of working on a prototype layout and working full time I was gave to see these come out. For years I avoided

In a message dated 9/27/2008 10:50:07 AM Central Daylight Time, rpsmith@... writes: Nice Pics, but that is not Monroe, Washington. Web Page says Monroe, Ca, (California)Nice

Were there any built on or by another builder in the late 50's?  I aam trying to find out the earliest production of these type gons.  Here is a builders pic I have from late

Kevin; The first ones I remember seeing that looked like that were 1967 or so. I think they were either NYC or P&LE. Elden Gatwood ________________________________ From:

Well, I would like to know which roads had them,  But my real question is do these cars fit into the steam era or were they to late.  When were the first ones built?   -Kevin

Which railroads had them? C&O/B&O bought Thrall box car kits for DuBois in the late-60s. . Al Kresse

Can somebody shed some light on the Thrall Car 53 1/2 ft gon? These cars were welded had 14 ribs and I believe they were produced around 1960?? Was this car produced any earlier than this? Does

I too have Pietrak's book and from what I read just recently it appears that there was a bidding war going on between several roads after WWI to make the BR&P part of a larger system. The B&O finally

Gentlemen,   The latest edition of The Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler is now available on the ACL & SAL Historical Society website at http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/currentissue/sclmodv2n3f.pdf   You

I'm sorry for the double post. I forgot that I was still on the forum.  Will not happen again.  Dennis