Lester; The PRR 2D-F8 is approximately equivalent to an AAR "Type Y" truck. They are most closely modeled with a 50-ton truck with a distinctive droop below the spring package. Both Bowser and

And right between the traction engines (1 track back) and that stock car is what appears to be a bridge “kit” on a flat car! :) Lots of older tank cars too. Total guesstimate on era would be

I began assembly of Sunshine Models, kit 53.2, PRR GS 38' all steel gondola. The Prototype Data Sheet#53A tells me the gondola road on 2D-F8 trucks. My lack of knowledge regarding PRR and photos in

Great photo 2 new ?? Traction engines on the truss rods flat car I cannot make the road out. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Eric, Bob and Friends, A great photo! Do we have a date? There is a lot of amazing detail here to take in, including loose boards on the flat car over on the left,

That's a great photo! Thanks for sharing the link, Bob! In the background, just to the right of the tractor on the flat car is a box car lettered for Deepwater. This was a line and the Tidewater

This link was shared with me by Roy Wojahn:

Spanning a couple of days on the ErieLack list... again posted by Patrick McKnight - Historian/Archivist, Steamtown NHS. DL&W Class S-2 double-door 'Vehicle Car"... built in Jan 1907... Chalked-up

Armand, In a study I have been working on of shipments from the West Side Lumber Company in Tuolumne, California in the period November 1926 to December 1929 there were 55 loads of lumber products

Mid Continent / DX based in Tulsa J. Stephen Sandifer

Richard, In looking at an ACF builder's photo, "Diamond Products" was a type of slogan or logo of Mid-Continent Petroleum. Cheers, Ted Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media speedwitchmedia@... -

Richard, Are the reporting marks and/or car number visible in thephoto? There is a Diamond Gasoline Company listed in a 1926 ORER withreporting marks of DGCX. Car numbers listed are 1470-1489 and

The Fort Collins, Colorado, public library has a 1930's era photo of a three-dome tank car with billboard lettering for "Diamond." The car is a 1923 product of AC&F. I am looking for a little history

This is only a draft of some research notes I've been gathering on this subject. Some of this material requires further verification. And some of this is beyond the timeframe for this group. Bob

Bill, Richard Hendrickson contributed an article on ACL K-6 and K-7 gondolas to the October 2007 issue of SEABOARD-COAST LINE MODELER. His article included copies of ettering

More information found on Canadians cars coming into the US per the posting: I would like to open a discussion as to the presence of Canadian cars in the States, but specifically along the northern

I am getting ready to decal my Chad Boas produced Charleston & Western Carolina (owned by ACL) 9000 series DD steel automobile car, a rebuild of a SS car. I have three early 1950's photos with reweigh

are the plastic work car windows sold by Northeastern the same as the ones from Tichy or Grandt? ed mines

Hi Guy, Could you please contact me off list? Thanks, Allen Stanley

Nelson Moyer returns with another look at his layout building. Lighting is the topic this time and Nelson offers insights that we can all use as we plan our layouts. Advance lighting planning can make