It is my personal opinion that Delano's photos all have an unusual "cast" to them; they all appear to be slightly dark. It's one of those things that makes it easy to spot a Delano photo. Because of

Some roads went as far as to stencil TACK CARDS HERE in the rectangle to try to get the message across. Dennis

Dennis Storzek wrote: I have a wonderful photo of a PFE reefer with such a black rectangle, and there are remnants of cards tacked almost everywhere AROUND the rectangle, and just a couple IN

Of course, Tom, on a wooden carbody EVERYTHING is a tack board. - Andy

That's because you can tack a card anywhere on a wood end :-) The ARA at one time recommended a tack-board sized rectangle to be painted black, in an attempt to minimize damage to the siding, or at

Lots of valuable STMFC info can be gleaned from Delano's Chicago area Kodachromes as well as his other railroad subjects. I've been trying to catalog a list of reporting marks and numbers for future

Rick Dietrichson wrote: Such a scheme could have been applied starting in late 1955, and during 1956 and much of 1957. The Trainworx car, by the way, is 46 feet long inside, not the correct

Steve Lucas wrote: Notice that there is no end tack board on the MILW wood boxcar on the right, nor any lateral roof walks. Tom Madden

Fumigation placards got tacked on the ends. There's a photo of one in the NMRA reprint of the Jan 1953 ORER. I've seen many photos of cars that show something -was- tacked to the boards but was torn

Photo request forwared from Al Buchan.  Please reply to him off list at abbuchan1 'at' comcast 'dot' net as he is not subscribed to STMFC.   Ben Hom =============== Looking for a hi res photo of a

Steve, There certainly is something for anyone interested in steam era freight cars. I am especially curious about ALTON car #17238. It appears to have had a recent shopping and has a radial roof, I

There is so much else to see in this photo, which IMHO deserves a thread of its own. I like the piecemeal replacement of the running boards on the Pennsy boxcar in the lower left of the

I've seen a few cars with "DO NOT HUMP" placards on these placard boards. But again, this never was an issue with a reefer... Reminds me of that cartoon in MR years ago--"He spotted a reefer at the

That's a good question. Somewhere I recall seeing a drawing (which I can't find with just a cursory search) that called these "explosives card boards". And really, other than "unload other end "

A friend is building one of those URTX flat ended reefers with the double door latch bars and noticed the photos show no end tack boards. He asked why. I noticed some time ago that Armour PCX cars

Gentlemen, On the recently released N scale Trainworx GS gons, one of the models has Southern Pacific spelled out on the right end of the car along with the SP logo, my question is, when did the SP

Yes -- several NWX and Armour.

Chris, Your email address doesn't seem to be working. Contact me off list if you are interested in what B&O caboose photos I have. Rich Burg

Wow, that's cool. Does the riverboat not have paddlewheels? -- oops, well, I guess one could ship paddlewheels on a big enough STMFC -- -- Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Tim O', could you clarify: you've found steel-ended reefers without end tack boards? -- tia -- -- Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.