What era is the original reference? Is it USA or Canada, do you know the ethnicity of the original person using the phrase. English is a constantly changing and diverse family of languages. I have

And.... where was your name in this post ?? :-D Thanks for the additional reefer information ! On 10/10/2022 2:21 AM, conductorblg@... wrote: -- Tim

Of the very few images illustrating the roof on B&O M-24 box cars, it seemed like they used another variant of replacement roof. One can be seen in this Dayton Union Station photo from the Barriger

One other possibility would be a magazine used for the storage of torpedoes and fusees. Regards, Wallace Steinbrecher

Charlie, The only thing I could think of would be something like a magazine for a weapon, like a pistol or rifle, such as might be used by Railroad Police or a Railroad Postal Service

This is confusing Charlie, help me out. Jerry Michels

Somehow I missed this thread and started another one related to these cars https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/topic/94241082#195908 but now see that this is where the discussion of these cars is

Victor; If you are modeling the early to mid-1950's, the original small flag emblem is absolutely appropriate on many Wabash steel box cars. I've seen paint and stenciling diagrams

All- What item pertaining to railroads would be "a magazine". This is in the context of an item of value that could be sold by a thief.....not a publication. Asking for an author who is attempting

Westerfield orer discs. Reasonable prices too. https://id18538.securedata.net/westerfieldmodels.com/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=107 Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

I bought a CNE car with K brakes and it had an AB set in the box Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Built after the 1945 built R-40-20 class, the postwar built aluminum cars were classified as R-40-14 rebuilds and assumed numbers from that class. They reportedly used mostly all new components, but

Thanks Matt. But I was able to get some from another source. Thanks anyway. Victor Baird

Like i said, I don't have access to an ORER for the appropriate time period or a Wabash freight car book unless someone can point me to a source online. Also, AFIK, Branchline, Kadee and C&BT cars are

Folks: Like I said, I don't have access to an appropriate OER Guide, unless you can point me to one on the Net. Victor Baird

Artillery shells. The ones I've seen in the field had a shipping plug in the fuse well with a lifting ring on the end. These appear to have some other type of plug in the fuse well. US

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:17 AM, Clarence Zink wrote: Also, it looks to me like the one bundle of 3 boards has gotten out of control, as the lower half has fallen off the 'slide'.I don't think this

They look like artillery shells to me. In my brief Navy days I learned that the projectiles often were separate from the powder.

Photo: Poultry In Crates Inside Poultry Car (Undated) A photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148742419 On the link scroll to enlarge the photo. Taken at Rockingham

Photo: Loading Boxcar With Artillery/Bomb Shells (Circa 1919) Photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86717616 On the link scroll to enlarge the photo. Anyone know if