Attached are two train orders regarding wide loads on steam-era freight cars. I have a bunch of similar orders from future decades (60’s – 80’s). This territory was double-tracked with

However, not all ACY cars got yellow paint . . . http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/acy/acy3179ajw.jpg What a wonderfully modelable car!! Schuyler

For example: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/acy/acy3217d19.jpg I know many of you are aware of the Fallen Flags site. But it seems not to be referred to very often. Or supported? It’s a

ACY had yellow cars post 1960. Brian J. Carlson

. . . at the Clearwater Car Shops at missive to stimulate your Noodle and provide modeling motivation they hope. The boys told me they have numerous scribbled notes in their Bib Overalls they will be

According to a post by Dave Husman on another site: Plate C max width is 10’8” including grabs and door fixtures. A car can be wider than that but cars over 11 ft are "dimensional" and over 12 ft

Re: Yellow freight cars – clearly Don meant boxcars; otherwise I’d submit UP’s stock cars, which were yellow. Did the AC&Y have yellow box cars? I have a Bev-Bel-decorated Athearn box car

Don, Steve Hile and I were just trading emails about the WP's rebuilt 40', 1 1/2-door wood-sided auto boxcars. There were two groups: 14001-14100, from Mt. Vernon, 1923, with Hutchins

I don’t know (but would like to) about tractors, but my immediate thought was that Marion Steam Shovel in Marion O, (steam freight car era abbreviation) would probably have been able to make use of

Farmall with umbrella in the field https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM61181 The canvas covers were called heat housers

Another quiz From: Schuyler Larrabee Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:08:17 PDT As I reorganize (who am I kidding, organize for the first time) the hundreds of parts

Hello again folks, As most of us are aware, a nimber f roads rebuiilt doble sheathed boxcars especially in the ten years from 1935 to 1945 using Youngstown Steel Kits of new steel sides that

Another quiz From: Schuyler Larrabee Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:08:17 PDT As I reorganize (who am I kidding, organize for the first time) the hundreds of parts I’ve

And of course there was the issue of the hot sun “warming” the seats on farm tractors without cabs. According to a book I read this is why John Deere wen to the yellow seats; they absorbed less

Hello folks, Looking for something else this morning in my 1940 CarBuilders I ran across a photo ad of an Erie #7500 series 50 ft., 3 in. flat car with an "extra wide" 10 ft. 2 in. deck that

Tim actually the seats on the Farmalls were on a hinge, so they could be tipped backwards. I believe this prevented rain from puddling in the seat covering. The seat cover was canvas. Color varied

The Alton was still under the control of the B&O in those days And yes, the seats must all be removed and installed upside down!! The PROTOTYPE POLICE

Hi- The flat cars have been sold. Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA Hello- I have the following new, in

Yellow boxcars: Muncie and Western RR (MWR) had a couple of hundred Mather boxcars painted yellow and THE BALL LINE slogan on the sides, Ball canning jar on the doors. Around 1958 they went to cars

Right on Bruce and Cal Scale it is. Unfortunately these are cast by the lot plastic, instead of lost wax, process and I'm told the mold in which the platic parts were molded has long since worn out