It most certainly is the same car, just the other side. You can tell by the “L” and the “R” to the left of the door opening. The boxcar is #13979, from L&N series 13500-13999. There was no

In the case of Edgington vs. Southern Pacific Company, asreported by the Justia US Law website (text abridged): “The action was one for damages on account of personalinjuries sustained by

There are two different boards here. The larger one is called a Placard Board and is on all four sides of a house car. That is where you would find placards like Do Not Hump and Unload Other Side, as

I have received a lot of queries about the decals that were printed for the Speedwitch relaunch. So many queries, that I have decided to do a one-time reprinting of them, with the proceeds to be

Microscale set 87-975 covers these. Although listed as "Hazardous Material Placards for Freight Cars 1945-1970" there are non-hazard tack board cards included in this set. I have found, however, that

I would think that if you wanted touse a decal, there is usually enough scrap on a sheet or just get some stripesand cut them. Chuck Hladik

Has anyone made decals for these? I would think pieces of paper would be too thick. Alex Schneider

I am looking for information on where to put the right information on freight cars tack boards. Just on the two side or all four sides ? Just the low tack boards or both high and low? I have found

Ron, The LV 40'-6" box cars in question were numbered 63000-63999, 1,000 cars built by Bethlehem Steel Co. (DF 147) in 1950. The BSC builder's photo of 63000 shows a build date of 8-50 while LV 63542

No, not the same car. Look at the right end of each car where the Inside Length is stenciled. The "40-6" lines-up differently on the boards. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Bill, The June 2008 issue has an article on building a movable fence. Is that what you're looking for? Scott Haycock A number of years back there was an article in RMC

Scott I have no evidence of a "pool" in this case -- But there is avery legible assignment stencil on the Rock Island airslide, and it'sassigned to C&H in Crockett. The car was built in 1957 and the

A number of years back there was an article in RMC concerning making an X-Y table for the Northwest Shortline riveter. Does anyone recall what issue this appeared in? Thanks in advance for any

I'm working on what I assume will be my last batch of Branchline kits. One car in particular has a feature I'm checking on. The LV 40' boxcars numbered in the 63xxx (sorry, don't know the precise

Notice in the L&N boxcar photos that the “different car” (#18979) is actually the SAME car as #13979. The “3” was manipulated into an “8” for some reason. Steve Johnson

Retired cars waiting to be burned. Tom Dempsey, Spokane, WA

Tom, I think you both and Dennis could be right. Your description is correct however, I do believe that the apparatus does give - a signal - in the cab, in the form of a whistle and or

Early General Railway Signal Co. Intermittent Inductive Automatic Train Stop. Many NYC E-7s had the later version if you want to compare. Santa Fe and others used the Union Switch and Signal version

Scott Chatfield wrote: You thought wrong. The C&H 1950s slogan, "Pure Cane Sugar from Hawaii" should tell you what you want to know. The Crockett refinery has since 1906, and still does,

Tim O' wrote: Two points: I thought was Crockett was a sugar _beet_ refinery. Did C&H also bring in raw cane from their Hawaiian operations to be refined there? Or was sugar cane also grown in