Birmingham 1923 Ensley 1906 From Shorpy:

The C of G used USRA clone gons for pig iron service in Birmingham. These cars had the sides lowered to limit the amount of material that could be loaded. These cars were eventually all rebuild with

Thank you. It is on my todo list. J. Stephen Sandifer

Hi Steve, Tom and Mel, It’s definitely an interesting car. I dug out my copy of White’s The American Railroad Freight Car, and checked the drawings and related text. That center truck was able

What type of cars would the Southern have used to bring in iron ore and lime to the blast furnaces operating in Birmingham, AL in the early 1950's? And which roads owned each type of car typically

Of my resin kits to be built, the Rock Island wood stock car 75050 was the best addition to the current fleet. Therefore, I built it. If you are interested in the build of Rocket Express Models Rock

Of my resin kits to be built, the Rock Island wood stock car 75050 was the best addition to the current fleet. Therefore, I built it. If you are interested in the build of Rocket Express Models Rock

I agree with Jack. Also, Dreadnaught ends with W section corner posts made use of castings or forgings to terminate the side sills and the Z bar that formed the side plate, and these parts had

That is some very nice work on the CB&T kit, Bob. I recall having difficulty working with the plastic of these kits. About 20 years ago, I upgraded several of use on a club layout. Installing the

Bruce, Try Blick.com They are a national Art store that supplies to the professional and hobbiest. Not a craft store. You want to put Enviortex Lite in the search bar. They have different sizes

Sounds like a prototype variant on the Modelers’ Law: scratchbuild or kitbash a steam era freight car and a commercial product will likely appear (with the corollary—it will only appear in

That car was discussed by William Voss in his work on freight car construction, reprinted years ago in the Trainshed Cuclopedia series as "Freightcars 1892". I don't recall the name of Voss' original

Bob: This car stands tall against any group of cars. I think most of us "older" modelers have some of these kits on our shelf. You have proved that they deserve resurrection. Bill Pardie Sent from

Thank you both Tom and Steve for the information. Looks like there is enough there to build that good looking ore car. I forwarded your replies to him. Mel

Photo: Santa Fe Bx-3/Bx-6 Boxcar A mid-1950s scene taken at San Bernardino, CA, from the Kansas State Historical Society's archives: https://www.kshs.org/index.php?url=km/items/view/304929 I

Tim, I think you're just misinterpreting the photo. Look carefully at the horizontal seam between the end sections and I think you'll see the curvature of the corner. The end looks like a normal

NKP 5000 – 5499 were built by Pullman Standard in 1946 under lot 5840. Drawings may be available at IRM Pullman Library, like General Arrangement 513-F-67.

With a little help from Google, you can find the Engineering New article at

Has anyone got a better view of the ends than this photo? They appear to be "S corner" rather than "W corner" ends, and that would be very unusual even for 1946. Perhaps a

I forgot to mention that the Pennsy had some similar cars in that period that also show up in LofC photos. You'll want to download the highest resolution scan of the first photo here to see detail.