Extremely 'cool' shot (sorry, bad pun). Would these reefers have been iced BEFORE this loading was done, or after. I do see the "UNION ICE COMPANY" in the background. SGL

It is not reasonable to infer that from a single photo. It wouldn't even be reasonable if you had 6 such photos. Perhaps the photographer was obsessed with wine cars. Or maybe there was a wholesaler

Is it reasonable to infer from this photo that Chateau Martin cars were more likely to arrive in NYC by NYC than by other roads? SGL Mott Haven coach yard. the right is MO Tower. curving to the west

I am looking for a good broadside photo or drawing of the D&IR "Safety Spirit" herald in order to do decal art. Can anyone supply a scan? - Al Westerfield

Thanks to Richard Hendrickson for the ATSF lead on the offset-side quad with atypical doors; while I could wish there were an eastern or at least midwestern prototype, I am glad to have at least one

Wouldn't that make a great scene! Thanks, Jim

Thtat's a great old photo. Where did you find it? Sincerely, Rich Yoder 7 Edgedale Court Wyomissing PA 19610-1913 610-678-2834 after 6:00PM est until 10:00PM www.richyodermodels.com

Jim, The photo was taken on the NYC Electric Division. The exact location is at the south end of the Mott Haven coach yard. The large building behind the reefers is a US Post Office building and the

I have obtained a photo of a Chateau Martin wine car in a train of reefers. The photo is at http://www.geocities.com/jim_lancaster.geo/chatmart/cm_in_train_001.jpg Does anyone recognize the

gary laakso wrote: Gary, I don't know WFE in any detail, but it's very possible the floors were merely replaced in kind, and waterproofed in whatever way was current in 1934 (vs. 1920). In other

The source I was using said Richmond, but I should have suspected that was wrong. When I went to the Santa Fe freight car folio page for these cars, I found that David is correct; the builder was

Ralston, not Richmond. David Thompson

Thanks to Jack and Rich for the ORER work. And to Al for reminding me to look at Kline & Culotta. I usually go there first but since the subject is a NKP family relation I bypassed that source.

I have a Monon car with the reporting marks C.I.D. Not sure if they are correct report marks. Know MON & C.I.L., but this is new one to me

Jace, the Wine Railway Equipment Co. developed such a car, incorporating their cast steel hopper car door frames and interior braces, and a photo of the sample car, WRAX 100, as well as scale

I came across an ICC filing on behalf of Western Fruit Express by Great Northern that was decided by the ICC on May 7, 1934. I have one question about the rebuilding of truss rod refrigerator cars

I recently picked up three Max gray [O scale] freight cars. One is supposed to be the B&O offset quad, but the one I have has probably incorrect hoppers, with the doors facing each other in each pair

In looking through old annual reports of the Polymer Corporation, Ltd. of Sarnia, Ontario, I found a photo of a UTLX tank car, #25100, wearing Polymer Corp.'s "Polysar" logo. I've scanned it and

There is another photo of a W&LE hopper # 77415-C in the John Corns book The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway published by TLC. The caption says it was rebuilt in the 1930s from longitudinal hoppers to

Steve (the source of this mystery), Jack and Rich- Fellow N Scalers and AC&Y/ABB fans Ed Hunter and Scott Weiler laid this one on me from Steve. I hadn't done the ORER work yet; thanks Jack. Rich,