O&W didn't have much to do after their anthracite traffic collapsed in the 1940s. The 7/50 ORER shows 234 hoppers, 35 gondolas, 34 box cars, and 11 flats; versus 2803 hoppers, 202 gondolas, 58 box

That was a interesting read. Thanks for posting that. I wonder how the 8 hatch reefers would be iced when not on home road icing stations. Especially when they needed special tools to stir the ice

Armand, There is a small, but dedicated group of NYOW folks still active on Yahoo groups, owrhs@.... I discovered them while trying to sell my NicklePlateProducts NYOW 4-8-2. John Barry ATSF

I’m not sure where they originated but I always assumed they were sent to Brunswick for unloading. There was so many forest operations in South Ga that there could have been several locations of

The NYO&W seems to be like a Hermit RR.Photos of cars in interchange seem to be rather rare and models even rarer.Does anyone have any information on this RR ? Armand Premo

The CNW car was not as extensively modified as the Milwaukee cars. Photos that I have seen (they're in the Morningside CNW V2 Color Guide book) show only 1 panel cut out on each side of the car. They

Friends, While traveling from California to Virginia in 1982 I spotted this SAL stump gondola. It doesn't have the "skeleton" sides of the cars previously under discussion, but does have the sides cut

Todd, Where were these stumps hauled and did they originate on the CG? There was a Hercules explosives plant for near Brunswick, not served by CG. Rufus -- Rufus Cone Bozeman, MT

This past week I hosted two op sessions on the Alma branch. On Sunday one of my operators had to back out because of illness. However, Bruce Smith from Auburn, AL, and Gary Senesac from

The C of Ga modified some USRA clone gons like this for hauling stumps to make dynamite Todd Horton

Bob Chaparro wrote: It's discussed in the PFE book at some length. Briefly, the -3 had superstructure improvements beyond the Class R-30-2, but used the original pressed-steel underframe. PFE

Thanks very much for that information, Tony. Do you have any insight as to why these were not built? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

SSW had similar cars, which they used to transport cut sugar cane, in the south mel perry

Peek-A-Boo Gondolas I discovered a photo of a "peek-a-boo" gondola on a Facebook page. Some of you won't be able to access this page,

Doing some clean-up of paper files this week, I came upon the folder of data I’d had photocopied of overhead bunker reefer cars by the MNHS. To be sure there has been conversation of this topic here

Lester That’s another fine build I have never built a resin tank car I have found one. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

bob: i.notice that none of the rebuilds or the 40's are included? mel perry

Bob Chaparro wrote: It is important to recognize that all five classes in this list, R-30-3 and R-30-7 through R-30-10, are classes that were designed but NOT built. Tony Thompson tony@...

Diagrams: PFE Refrigerator Cars The diagrams below are of five classes of PFE refrigerator cars from Don Stack's Utah Rails website. These diagrams specify the general dimensions of the cars. Bob

Impressive Lester, great job on a difficult build Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...