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

Bill Pardie wrote: Thanks, BIll. You do of course know what’s in the junkyard. Tony Thompson

Here’s another Delano photo with multiple roof surfaces. Some snow too, so you have to squint carefully before accepting that a given tone on a roof is galvanized metal or something else. But the

Friends, Since we have had discussions about printed models, I wanted to share the work of a friend who has been doing great work in Proto48 and sharing with me in HO scale for B&O prototypes. The

Tony! I don't know what I like best, the refer or the junk yard. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Attached is an edit of another Jack Delano photo that shows paint failure on a coupe box car roofs. While the paint failure areas seem like the same shade of gray from a distance, there are hints of

I have completed my Bobber Caboose and submitted it for NMRA judging. My current project is a Single Sheathed Boxcar. Many of you provided me with some explanation of Sheathing a few months ago