Hmmm... that means Model Railroading, 1/1989, pp.49-53 was mistaken in identifying OSL 37701 as an S-40-6... Thanks Tim O'

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That is not Bisbee Arizona as far as I am concerned. My wife and I are from Cochise County of which Bisbee is the county seat. The area is not farmland but was mining and cattle ranching. Union Ice

UP class S-40-4, UP 44810-45749, OSL 36753-37849, OWR&N 40399-40548, built 1912-1914. These were 36' Harriman-design single deck stock cars similar to the SP cars modeled by Red

Here are some Union Pacific stock cars at Arco, Idaho in April 1949 from a LIFE Magazine

The 1932-33 rebuilt C&O 173000-176999 (1500 cars total) panel-side 70-ton hops were triple saw-tooth hopper bay cars (orig had clam-shell center bays) with Dreadnaught (rib, over split-end rib, over

Hello Al: I request permission to download and use your photo of the Matheison R7 in a new products column that will appear in Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine - a new E-zine that may be accessed at

Eric wrote: The construction of this particular kit is also covered in Ted's Essential Freight Cars #12 article from the May 2004 issue of RMC... Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

Thanks Robert (and others) for your help. With your description I was able to get a similar view from the Street View option on Google Maps.

--- Steve Lucas wrote: =================================== Steve, Sunshine Models released an HO scale resin kit for the UTLX X-3 cars in 2002 ot 2003. Kit details can be found

I've been in Bisbee and it definitely is not Bisbee, AZ. If the Arizona part is correct, perhaps it is Phoenix. Charlie

I bought the slide on Ebay for $1.99. The slide is Anscochrome and was processed by Pavelle Color (which was in New York City). The slide is undated but a NY Times Business and Finance section

A few thoughts here. Would the cars have been destined to, or be from, the West Side Freight Line? And how did the cars get to New York City in the first place? Likely on NYC NY-4, routed through

Is that photo really from Bisbee Arizona? I thought Bisbee was only a copper mining town. I can't find any information in the PFE book on an icing plant or large produce facility in Bisbee. The wide

It'd be nice to see an X-3 come out as a kit or RTR. Something tells me that this won't happen any time soon, as away from this board in the rest of the model rail hobby, tank cars are "all the same"

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