I'm wrapping up an article on 40' Steel Box Cars on the New Haven Railroad for the Associations' quarterly magazine and I've got my eyes crossed and information muddled on subject sideframes and could

I've seen pix of FGE cars going thru a washer at Alexandria. Who would be responsible for cleaning out cars (reefers and ventilated boxes) going back south from Chicago.  Gene Huddleston mentioned

GENTLEMAN:Can a Frisco Modeler PLEASE e mail me off list,I have a question about the Kansas City,Osceola & Southern "the High Line''seems you have to be a member of the SIG to ask a question.... Hope

can anyone point me to some pictures on railcars to help with my modeling of the 1920-1946? We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men & women stand ready in the night to visit violence on

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, could you direct us to the photo(s) of unpainted floors (or underframes)? I'd be interested. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

Richard ahem. photo evidence exists to the contrary. unless of course you are referring strictly to the 1937 cars. like gene, i don't have any photos of freshly (re)painted 1937 cars. i sent him a

Tony, Again thanks for the information its always appreciated and I actually put it to use! Maybe a photo when I finish this area will take a while I am ripping everything up and starting again (Just

Neville Rossiter wrote: The same area as the p. 428 photo is shown in an aerial view on p. 261. PFE generally combined light repairs with cleaning, as I mentioned, so the PFE views in Chapter

Tony. I have that book (2nd edition) and found the photos under Car Cleaning in the index I was originally looking for the word Cleaning or Car washing in the index, give me a break I'm an Aussie.

Contrary to Tim's speculation, the UP painted box car underframes and floors, as well as trucks and brake equipment, the same oxide red as the rest of the car, both on new cars and on

Good day group: I am relatively new to the group, and have read with much interest all posts and replies. I have learned quite a bit just from monitoring the groups' emails. I now have a

I find just as instructive the colour shift on the GTW auto boxcar in the third photo, which would have likely been painted within the same time frame as the "shadow keystone" PRR car--circa 1956.

Neville Rossiter wrote: There are several photos in the book I helped write, about Pacific Fruit Express. Reefer interiors were sloped to drain into the bunkers, which then had

Neville- Here are some notes on Cleaning Refrigerator Cars from the Santa Fe. These are from the booklet, "Rules Governing The Cleaning, Fumigation and Sanitation of Passenger, Work and Freight

Neville- Here are some Refrigerator Car Clean-out Track Elements to consider: Infrastructure • Drainage system • Tilted track Equipment & Supplies • Water supply piping • Hot water

Thanks Tony I appreciate your reply. I have had only 3 replies on four groups and no photos, obviously cleanout tracks are down low on the agenda the same as wine traffic unloading points. This has

SGL, Data I was sent about Santa Fe 3 bay PS2 cars noted the following typical loadings. Alfalfa, Alumina, Barley, Borax, Clay, Corn, Flyash, Lime, Malt, Oats, Potash, Rice, Soyabeans, Wheat. Some

This kit models the 151352-series singled-sheathed box with 13' steel doors. Did Sunshine prepare a Prototype Data Sheet? If one was packed with mine, I seem to have misplaced it. I'm in need of

and here's a link from an old email to UTLX 55136

I should mention too that the "long" side ladders in line with the trucks seem like they would interfere with truck swing but the cars are so short that they aren't a problem (I run them on 22"