This photo was reported to be from 1950, but it could be as late as 1953 I think, assuming that the car's reweigh interval was not violated (1949->1953) Someone once

Thanks Tony, Late 1950's would be what I'm looking for, but I'd be interested in the 1963 photo's you have. They could be helpful if you are willing to share a few of them, please? A couple of the

Bryian Sones wrote: Late 1950s. I have SP photos of experiments at a lumber mill but they are from 1963. Tony Thompson

Hello All, Does anyone know when steel banding started being used to bundle lumber for transport on rails? Also, does anyone have any Pics of early steel banding on flatcars they could possibly

Photo: Shipping Flower Bulbs In Livestock Cars Photo from the Kirkland (WA) Historical

Several events in the upcoming months have been added to the RPM calendar page. My latest blog post notes the updates and looks to 2023. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2022/08/31/rpm-update-2/

I found an interesting photo last night in the Sanders Northern Pacific book on page 2. The photo was taken by Tom Gildersleeve in November 1964 in Yakima Canyon between Ellensburg and Yakima and

Great effort by all. Kevin -- Kevin Macomber NGMC (717) 474-8399 www.narrowgaugemodeling.com

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 07:36 PM, Bob Chaparro wrote: “It's not an upside-down 2. Sevens sometimes had a fluorished tail.” Anyone have another example of this?Standard on the NKP. Dennis

Nuckolls Packing Company Reefer NPKX 107 (Undated) Notice on the car end the 7 appears to be an upside-down 2. Jim Ruff commented: “It's not an upside-down 2. Sevens sometimes had a fluorished

The Pacific Coast is very well documented, especially for the years after the GN took over in 1951, by photos and records available at Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive. PNRA published a book on it a

not sure what the problem is Tom but we get orders here every day and ship them out. perhaps you have our email incorrect? Use this: norm@... regards, norm buckhart

Hi all, Has anyone had recent success contacting Norm at Protocraft? I have sent two emails about placing an order over a period of three weeks and have no response. I can find no way of placing an

John Bopp Commented: “The trucks aren't shown very well in this view, but from what I can see, they look like Ajax trucks. See the 1906 Car Builder's Dictionary, fig. 4407-4409.” Jack Mullen

Iirc there are 2 sheets of data in each pack, but my Walters details are all out of their packets now. They are usually printed legibly rather than to scale. Other brands of decal are better for scale

In an effort to get a few almost done projects off the workbench does anyone have vallejo paint mixes for the following. Erie RR mid 1950's box car color Missouri Pacific mid 1950 route of the

Don’t know if it was Maple Valley coal, but when I was at UW in the early 1960s, with an office in Roberts Hall alongside the track to the power plant, an NP switcher would bring a single NP offset

I have a set of Walthers decal 49-4, a combination freight car decal set for Erie cars with yellow lettering. The package includes two small sheets with black and white Erie decals, two with Erie

And some may be surprised to see D&RGW coal gondolas in Seattle, but such coal traffic (from Utah) is longstanding. Utah has low sulfur coal so that may have something to do with

Hi Tim and List Members, Thanks Tim for the excellent image you sent. Some things I found interesting... * Engine terminal on the right, it looks like the roundhouse