Hello Group! Regarding this question on the terminology of the stuff outboard of the running board on boxcar roofs, going over to the ladders, my 1926 Railway Training Institute "List of Parts"

The kit-building bug bit me recently so an HO scale Westerfield 36-foot Fowler box car was pulled from the pile and built. I kept rolling with another kit build of a similar car. Two more box cars are

To quote Wikipedia, Nathan Bedford Forrest, called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered as a

Bob, Here's a brief history of the WF&S: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Falls_and_Southern_Railroad Yours Aye, Garth Groff

If I can make it. There are always a certain number of hoops to jump through every year and any of them could prevent me from getting there, but currently I plan to be at the usual location. John C.

John, Will you be selling photos at Prototype Rails? Regards, -Jeff

And like General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, he will be there "firstest with the mostest". John C. La Rue, Jr. Bonita Springs, FL

What happen to this railroad and were these box cars built by AC&F as an add-on to another order or Lot

 Hi Bob and List Members, At least in the case of the PRR, many early boxcarshad TWO brakewheels - one brakewheel with a vertical shaft, and a second with ahorizontal shaft on the other end of

Kevin Sprayberry asks: "Can anyone tell me if Bobs photos will be in Cocoa Beach?" Yes, he will be.here. Mike Brock _____ <https://yho.com/1wwmgg> Have you tried the highest

I noticed these photos on the Historic Pittsburgh website.The placement of the brake wheel on each boxcar makes me wonder how efficientis was to have a brakeman come down from the roof to turn the

I saw him last Saturday and he said he’d be there Roger Hinman

Can anyone point me to some reasonable online images, preferably colour, of boxcar roofs that have had paint failures due to the difficulty of paint adhering to galvanized steel? Thanks -- Pierre

Thanks. I hope to make it down.

Good catch, Dave. In my 1961 CBC, in the same section, it says the same thing. And it also says "Running boards shall be made of wood and securely fastened to the car." In parentheses is mentioned

Our website athttp://www.prototyperails.com shows that Bob’s Photos will be present. And by the way, the Clinic Descriptions are available on the website. I have a few updates to make, but the

Everyone, this kind of info is helpful but did ask, beseech really, to please send these to me off of this PLEASE at: fgexbill(at)tampabay.rr.com Thank you!!!! Bill Welch

The only examples I have found of these terms is in ADVERTISING in the CBC. There are no glossary entries for either longitudinal or latitudinal. Only partly true. In my 1931 CBC, these terms are

The only examples I have found of these terms is in ADVERTISING in the CBC. There are no glossary entries for either longitudinal or latitudinal. Just as Youngstown marketed their "Sliding Flush

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