What e-mail program are you using Dennis? Jack Burgess <Say, does anyone know how to get the REPLY feature to reply to the list <rather than to the individual poster? This is the second time

While it's evident from the photos that the ends on the rebuilt car are different than the ends on the original car (although no one has investigated if the class of original cars had portions with

Various books and other publications have discussed this point - and many railroads used it for a faster write-off most (if not all) of the rebuilding costs as a maintenance or similar expense (taken

This discussion about how rebuilt STMFC's were costed reminds of a piece on some boxcars rebuilt for CN in the Depression. And as far as I know, the only piece that describes the accounting practices

Don, You asked "why bother?" with regard to rebuild freight cars. I can think of a lot of reasons and the more educated guys on the list can correct me where I'm in error. First, rebuilt cars

Good find, Bill. Those who were interested in the gypsum board/bulkhead flat discussion should take a close look at about 4:20 and 6:15. Jack Mullen

Jack, actually the ice dock on the IHB was a double deck affair. What is visible in the photo http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/owi2001016254/PP/resource/ is several rows of reefers with the ice dock

Claus, thanks. A couple of comments added below. Claus Schlund wrote: The IHB cars appear to be ice service cars delivering ice to the facility, (or loading ice going to another). Note that they

Thanks, you answered my question exactly! Ed Mines

Hello, all, This is a plea for help in finding more old used or unused truck springs from many different HO truck makers. These springs were a feature of most of the leading manufacturers' cars

<< Thanks Ben. On first glance it looked like the ends had been reused but then it was noticed that the ends on the rebuild are two=piece while the originals are three-piece. Thus we have new sides,

The original N&W Class BS cars were door and 1/2; later, some of these cars were rebuilt and reclassed as BSa.  N&W was big on rebuilding and reclassifying; no doubt there were accounting rules that

Thanks Ben. On first glance it looked like the ends had been reused but then it was noticed that the ends on the rebuild are two=piece while the originals are three-piece. Thus we have new sides,

The Salt Lake Garfield & Western! http://www.ebay.com/itm/111114807373 Just kidding... I see some differences. Still... Tim O'

A&D's 2100 class were ex N&W cars which were originally DD cars, converted to single door cars for the A&D. The size of the new panel added to the left of the door suggests a door and 1/2 original

Ben, on my hard drive I discovered I had another image -- A&D 2148. This car is stenciled BSx (small illegible subclass) but otherwise it looks like the B-7a. Tim O'Connor

The N&W HC-1 covered hoppers are very similar to the PRR H30; N&W had 10 cars in this class; the more numerous HC-2 were basically identical, but lacked the "rivet strip" in the center of the car. 

The NWHS has drawings of both cars in its archives at www.nwhs.org and click to search the archives.  Jim Brewer

It doesn't look like they kept all that much of the Class BS car. Sides and ends are certainly different. I can't tell about the roof. The Carmer cut levers seem to be carried over. Is there

100 of these cars were acquired from the N&W in 1957 and were stenciled " N&W Railway Owner and Lessor". There is a b&w photo of # 2226, and a color photo of #2269 on pages 86, and 102 respectively,