Folks, Peter Aue created original artwork and made a set of Buy War Bonds decals for me a couple years ago. With the recent discussion we have teamed to offer HO versions of the slogan applied to

SAL 23000-23499 had Murphy raised panel roofs without raised panels under the running board laterals. Al Smith Sonora CA

SAL 23000-23499 were built at Mount Vernon in 6/48, so probably not. David Thompson

Thank you Todd. That's what I was thinking too and made most famous by Johnny Cash's rendition of it on Sam Phillips Sun label. Cordially, Don Valentine

Chad Boas makes the ends, doors and the sill supports for this car. -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Jack Mullen wrote "And when the driver think he safely on the other side He shouts back down the line to the man and he says I fooled you, I fooled you I got pig iron, I got pig iron I got all

There's a C of G vent car with the old style lettering coupled to the 2nd flat car. Todd Horton

Andy There were 500 cars built in 1948. The ends look like ACF proprietary ends. If so, I wonder if the roofs also used the ACF proprietary design.

Good Morning everyone- Seaboard Air Lines 40' AAR box car, SAL 23307. I forgot where I stole this picture from (It is a screen shot) but it is cool. Built in 1948, it would probably

Hi Don, Seems to me I’ve a photograph of ice harvesting on one of Maine’s rivers, the Kennebec I think, but I don’t recall where. I think the photo was taken in the early part of the 20th

Ice harvesting & ice houses were also common on western lines before mechanical ice-making became common, especially with all the fruits & vegetables being shipped east from California. The Santa Fe

Here are a couple of all wood Mather stock cars that were leased by the Rock Island. The photo is circa 1917. Steve Hile

Bob; Thanks for that fabulous photo! Though out of our era, it has many details we can learn from: ladles were shipped this way from Pollock, on high and wide trains. Note the overhang of the

Mather applied for his first patent in 1880, and was leasing cars by 1883. By 1900 he had over 1,500 cars in operation. The company's first cars with steel side framing don't appear until around

Don Valentine asked: "Can't recall, when did Mather really get its start? This is the first Mather car I've seen that has not utilized commonly available steel channels, angles and such. It appears

Alum treated the surface water to removed solids, makes the water clear. Rich Chapin

Bob and friends, Also note the small lettering on the left door, "Unlock this door from inside". I assume that means that the right-hand door could be opened from the outside

If someone is seriously interested in ice harvesting it is still done on one day in February each winter on the pond at the center of Brookfield, Vermont, the same pond with the floating bridge, using

Hi folks, Can't recall, when did Mather really get it's start? This is the first Mather car I've seen that has not utilized commonly available steel channels, angles and such. It appears that

Well, those are some oddballs. Double straps at one end, single on the other. The opposed safety valves on the dome are common for STC and PTC, but the underframe isn't either of them. I wonder if