Hugh, Given that bananas usually traveled in refrigerator cars, I am skeptical about your story that there was a person who "rode the banana cars to Buffalo". More likely, as Tony indicated, that

This has been extremely educational. I learned from Doug that cars were loaded in Oskaloosa (where I was born). traveled east on the M&StL through Henry County, IA (where I live now) and were also

Thanks everyone. Bob

Those are still on the "reserve now" status, so I guess they are still coming. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

At one time, there was reference to IM doing the C&O cars with the "deco" ends. I wonder if that is in this run, or has that idea been dropped? Jim Lackner

Don’t know about NYC but on the SP the banana guy rode in the caboose. Tony Thompson

Andy, Intermountain’s announcement indicates this is the first time Intermountain has produced these former Red Caboose boxcars. So looks like these are not new Intermountain tooling but the Red

There was a that crossed Broadway off No.2 Track on the NYC Main Line between Harlem Road and Union Road in Cheektowaga NY. It serviced a poultry company that received poultry cars. It was known as

Only if you want the BEST model of this type ever created. Otherwise you should pass. Assuming of course these are the IMWX/Red Caboose tooling. Bill Welch

Bob, It seems that tie downs were a RR option, and were most useful when steel strapping was used to tie loads down. The New York Central favored such tie downs on the top chord of their gondolas, as

This all begs the question--Is this square corner box car group using the old IMWX/Red Caboose square corner box car tooling, or did Intermountain tool a new square-corner 4/5 Dreadnaught end for

Bob - CN 474- series shown had different (flat panel) roofs C&O series 5250-5399 had 3 panel Creco doors and 5400-5499 had "Deco" car builder ends

Schleigh Mike wrote: Oh, it's usually obvious, but it's lettered on the end, not the side. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Bob & Group---- Are you confusing the 100000 number as gallons? It is the car's capacity in pounds. Often the gallonage was not immediately obvious on a tank car. Mike Schleigh In Grove City, Penna.

Look again. 8000 on the models.

The Tangent announcement says these are 8K cars. The stenciling on the model reads 10K. Why the difference? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I notice the latest Tangent models Western Maryland and Wabash gondolas have what they term “wine” tie downs along the top edges of the

Friends, I just received an email from Tangent announcing their new GATC 1948 welded 8K tank

From the mid-forties thru the end of the steam era Canadian Car and Foundry produced Brill buses and trolley buses for the domestic market under license from AC&F. It's quite likely that this is

The arrangement of the dimensional data, with the top two lines separated from the lower four and slightly condensed so the column is both left and right justified is a dead giveaway that this car is