On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 10:30 AM, Andy Cich wrote: Looks like some good stuff coming. Thanks to Frank and the minions. Here are my guesses for the 5 cars. NP 1937 AAR boxcar with wood sides B&O M-55c

Looks like some good stuff coming. Thanks to Frank and the minions. Here are my guesses for the 5 cars. NP 1937 AAR boxcar with wood sides B&O M-55c (or maybe M-55h) 2 B&O M-27 variations And

I immediately noticed the X2F's when you pointed out the junk pile! I must have 10 gondolas' worth of them... :-D On 9/13/2022 12:26 AM, WILLIAM PARDIE wrote:

Several new model masters and the kit production process are featured on the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/new-masters-for-upcoming-kits/ Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

Tim, My references differ, some, like the linked Protocraft article, say early 50's, others say they began to be placed during post war repaints. Your photo lends credence to the post war period, what

My daughter considers anything from Burnt Sienna to Burnt Umber as a shade of brown. That includes most of the 1950s freight car colors, from oxide red to Erie brown. Nelson Moyer

C&NW had yellow and green in the 1950's. Maine Central had green ARA boxcars with a large yellow logo. Don Burn

George, Well, picking nits, we like to think of PRR's freight car color as an oxide RED, not brown 😉 GN plywood boxcars - Omaha orange and green Georgia RR - silver Regards, Bruce Bruce

TKing a quick look at my roster I see an SP black Overnight car as well as a &RGW "Cookie" box car. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

C&IM dark green? Scott Haycock

Exceptions that quickly come to mind, limited to boxcars (hoppers and gondolas often were painted black): "State of Maine" -- B&M & NH boxcars Black - Lehigh & New England

I fully agree with Nelson that most cars were brown back in 1953 (the year I model). Exceptions were the MKT, M&W and C&IM yellow boxcars and the reefers in orange and yellow and white. Those

And the cars on each track are parked door to door. Presumably to allow ramps between them. Access any car from freight house. -- Ted Larson Trainweb.org/MHRR --- GN in 1965 --- NASG.org

Thanks, Eric. That’s exactly the yard look I aspire to. My daughter visited us recently, and commented that all my boxcars were brown, as if she was disappointed that they didn’t look colorful

I find some of the Delano images need an exposure adjustment to lighten the tone. Attached is the same image Rob shared but with the exposure adjustment. I use this image in a weathering presentation

While editor for PCR Sierra Division newsletter, I wrote a short article on Jack Delano photos (page 4) and included several starting on page 15 of the April, 2011, issue of Shortline.

whoops meant ’the galvanized roof panel lapping down over the car end’. Rob

I don't see any -"hook and horn" couplers. What makes this scene so creditable is the subtle variety in the components. Very well done. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Here is another photo - this by John Vachon, also from the library of congress collection c.1943. I’m not sure if that is sulphur on the top of the roof, but in any event the what is clear is the

What Bobber Caboose? The recent eBay offering of a J. Harold Geisel pencil sketch (different from another that I picked up at a train show shortly after his passing) of the CB&Q NM2 that appeared n