Google image search is your friend: http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/manufacturer/m4a1pcf/m4a1_pcf.html Calcutta 1944. The skirts are a dead giveaway: this isn't even an American tank. Ray

Carling had multiple breweries and probably tried shipping beer betweenbreweries. Coors shipped beer in insulated tank cars, from Colorado to theEast coast, where it was bottled. The beer only

Thanks, Bruce. I did notice the leaks. It seemed odd to sera bolted cover there. Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

Dave, did your conductors' books survive your recent fire? Craig Zeni Cary NC

Bill, There is also the question of whether the photo was taken in the USA or another country. There are three clues to suggest it's another country. 1. On the side of the

The lid appears to be a piece of flat steel bolted on, ie similar to a blank cover on an electrical box. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Eric, I don’t think that they are sealed. Look at the leaking oil at the bottom of the lid. I think the lid is just a bit different from what you are used to ;) Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith

Check out the journal boxes. The lids seem to be sealed. Would these have roller bearings? Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

Thanks everyone. I my surprise seeing the obsolete trucks I did not even consider that it was an overseas image. Bill Welch

There is a "Centre Alabama". 😃. Todd Horton

Concur that it is not in the US. Note the chap in the sun helmet at the front of the Sherman. Australia, India, North Africa (Egypt, Casblanca, Oran?) It is definitely in a port facility though

Bruce I think you are correct England or Europe arch bar trucks were in use here into the 60s also the wheel looks to be a 3 hole disc wheel very common over here. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Samsung

Bill, This photo was not taken in the US! Look closely and you can see a European style buffer against the ramp. Also look at the lettering on the angled part on the left. I don't see "centre"

​Bill, The photo was not taken in the US ;) Notice as well, that the flat is a depressed center flat. Speculations as to location might include England given the english stencil on the flat, but

I am currently building some 1/35 scale Shermans and ran across this interesting photo of Arch Bar trucks in use in 1942 or after. I don't recognize the reporting marks. At first I thought it might be

Paul, No not a milk car, unless Carling was brewing milk stout. Yes, it certainly is set up for passenger train service. Its destination might have been a subsidiary bottling/kegging

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Is this a milk car? It seems to be set up for passenger train service. http://rr-fallenflags.org/gatx/gpex723f12.jpg http://rr-fallenflags.org/gatx/gpex723f12.jpg