Hi List Members, It has been a few years since I did a project that needed any putty to smooth a joint between two sections of a plastic model. When I pulled out my favorite tube of putty (labeled

The Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway bought 200 of these cars in 1900 new from Pressed Steel Car Co. In 1916 the AC&HB purchased an additional 100 second-hand from the Duluth & Iron Range. One of

After downloading and adjusting image levels in Photoshop, a 1925 weigh date stencil is visible. The centered end posts and brake platform, and the different grab/handhold ladders on the corners

Hi List Members, C&O 40842 steel gon NEW 7-30 with coal load https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002038 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, A set of C&O hoppers (undated)... I can identify C&O twin hoppers 57915 and 56808. The two cars appear to be of identical construction other than the trucks. They are from C&O

Neat shot. Those reporting marks on the car end are definitely retouched. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

When reviewing a MILW 36’ stock car diagram for number series 104570 - 105006 , class SM, built in 1927 by Ryan Car Co. in a MILW 1937 Shop Diagrams book I found the diagram states a “konker hand

There just might be enough room in that car for another lump or two of coal. I suspect if you were to build a model that looked like this you would receive a few raised eyebrows with the accompanying

Rich, That does look like a former GN car. That pic, according to the details, was taken on the McCloud RR ... but there is some connection with the Lane County Historical Museum (which is in

Tim, are you sure those are doors and not reinforced ends? Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

Actually going far, in a train, is not a problem, as the other cars will have brakes. Note the NO BRAKE notation isn't on the side, where the carmen could see it, but rather on the end. It's a warning

Here is one of the former GN ore cars on the McCloud River Railroad. https://lchm.pastperfectonline.com/photo/517EDD6F-0DE0-4255-BBD0-795760046419 Looks like GN 83548 and looks like while last on the

There’s at least two CP gobs, so not just a one-off. Sent from my tricorder

But there’s the woman on the right, next to a Packard (maybe). There’s a story right there. Sent from my tricorder

Hi Tony, Thanks for the input Tony. The web page does say "Prepared Monongalia County Coal Ready for Shipment to Foreign Markets". Perhaps the "Foreign Market" destination was in Canada, in which

Here is a view of the C&O hopper bottom gon when it was built in Dec of 1907. Keith.

Hello Group! This looks like the Joy plant just downstream from Franklin. Penna. on the Allegheny River. This site was served by the NYC and produced (still does) mining machinery such as on the flat

Undoubtedly this loaded CP Otis gon and the CP Big Otis gon behind were bound for Ontario. CP imported all its locomotive coal for its Ontario operations from Appalachia as Canadian sources were too

Actually, CPR had a deal with C&O for steam coal to Montreal and points surrounding, as much of CPRs coal operations were west of the Rockies. CPR even built a class of gondola specifically to

Hi List Members, VGN 10269 hopper end view circa 1946 https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002068 Enjoy! Claus Schlund