A nice addition to your model Worth the effort George Toman

Very nice rendition of these hooks, Lester. As an SP modeler, I may need to go back and add some of these to a caboose or two, though they don't show up in many photos after World War II. Looks neat,

For example Copper Hill, TN. I remember visiting this area as a boy although I do not remember except my father wanted to see the devastation:

Lester, That is a cool addition. Thanks for showing us and telling how you did it. Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV On Wednesday, December 4, 2019,

A very modelable scene, with the tight curve and the curved add-on to the loading platform, all bounded by buildings. David Soderblom Baltimore MD USA drs@..., 410-338-4543

Bob Chaparro wrote: It's a copper converter, in which copper "matte" (molten copper sulfides and oxides) is subjected to air blast through the melt, oxidizing the sulfur to SO2 and removing it

A little Googling can go a long way. If you search for "American Foundry and Machine" (with quotation marks), you get several hits,

GREAT ADDITION LES: I have done these on Ann SpP and UP car. They ar a nice adddition;n. Bill

The stencil is very reminiscent of the American Car and Foundry arch. gary roe quincy, illinois On Wednesday,

It's probably not a rotating piece of equipment, given the substantial support frame that this item is securely riveted to. Likely the "converter" is a larger piece of equipment that this is a

Photo: UP Gondola 27379 This is link to a 1921 photo from the collection of the University of Utah: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6862v05 Caption: "Image shows a Union Pacific car

Photo: T&NO Flat Car With Converter Load This is link to a photo from the collection of the University of Utah: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h99hfq The photo is dated

After posting the build of Illinois Central boxcar 16172 on my blog, the hooks on the sill of a CB&Q boxcar were discussed here on STMFC. The IC cars in the series I built in photos show these same

Related to a couple of the previous posts -- From a colorblind guy with particular difficulty with reds, oranges and pinks. Could I have a suggestion on the MDT orange as used on steel cars in the

This year's SHAKE N TAKE seminar is the Santa Fe's BX-34 40-foot single door boxcar as presented by our own John Barry. This year's car gets back the heart of SHAKE N TAKE being simplicity, as

Best part of this photo is the shades of the boards, my minds eye converts them to color. Great photo. Greg Martin

Is this the site you are thinking of Bill? https://www.lakestatesarchive.org/Ed-Wilkommen-Collection/Freight-Cars/ Bill Welch

Claus: The reporting marks cars in that series were changed from LS&M to MDT in 1923 -- thus the patch job. Note they were also rebuilt as per the stencil in the photo. AFAIK, the most obvious

That photo also illustrates the practice of having 5 grab irons on the side and end on early-built R-30-12 and R-30-13 bodies, while later bodies had 6 grab irons at the same location (car at

Yesterday an email came in consisting of a very large collection of both freight and passenger car photos.While very excitingly going through this collection sudenly Pooof they disappeared from my