The UP car is part of series 65000-68499 in 1900 The H&TC flat part of series 2300-2535 in 1900 Did not check earlier for the above. The OSL 19174 box is not listed in June 1905 but is listed in March

Virginia Beach in on the original Norfolk Southern Railway, my railroad of interest for layout and model building. I'm going to see what I can find out about this facility as a possible source for

Thanks Bob: I think that the wording is KEWANNE BOLER COMPANY ?? ILLINOIS" and will proceed with this. Bill Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I have sixteen surplus structure kits from various manufacturers, 80 feet of Homabed (all with kerfs) and a Diamond Scale turntable65 to 75 feet all in HO. Nothing has a price as I am willing to let

I don’t see a build date either, but the weigh stencil looks like 11.12.08. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:df71zx890 Can't see a built date. Any info appreciated. Thanks. Al Virus-free. www.avast.com

There was also a huge (2.5 million gallons) molasses tank that burst in Boston, MA in 1919. The resulting flood killed 21 people and injured 150. Read about it here:

Rome Ga? Where is that 😀? Any idea who was getting these cars ?

After we build a freight car we need a place to store it. The storage system I use includes original boxes and others into which an interior of my design is placed for protection and cushioning of

A large molasses tank in Norfolk, Virginia, was converted into a restaurant. Here is a link that includes a photo of the tank before its renovation:

Jim: You raise a valid point, and I am not sure we can even guesstimate where that molasses was headed. The population of Oregon in 1930 was ~950k. I have a USDA study of food nutritive values, that

Dave/all, Molasses It the 30's thru the 50's a large percentage of homes/apts/etc. had a jar of molasses for cooking. If you take the population of Oregon and the southern third of so of

I recall seeing a pair of the Wanda whale belly tank cars on the interchange at Newnan, Ga. I was impressed! Apparently brought from Montgomery on the West Point Route (WofA~A&WP) delivered to the

One additional note about the original photo: it shows what looks like a boiler house, with the tall smokestack. The material stored behind that building between low walls may be hog fuel (wood waste

Article: Swift Billboard Reefers An illustrated article from the July 1993 the RailModel Journal: http://magazine.trainlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rmj_199307.pdf The article begins on Page

The Atlas model of the whale belly car had a built date of 1964. The straight belly car below is likely a little older. I’ve looked at all of my Wanda Petroleum car photos, and the built dates are

In addition to Dave's comments, it explains the lack of activity here, though when a ship comes in, there would probably be tank cars all over the place! Considering the product, and

They were ubiquitous in Houston when I was first railfanning around 1968. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Bob Chaparro via groups.io"

Another photo but original E-Bay listing no longer available. This car perhaps is too new for this group. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Al, great catch of that paragraph concerning the molasses and oil facility. I missed that in my hurried perusal of the document last night. And thanks to Rufus for pointing out that better scan done