Sounds interesting for sure Eric. That's the kind of line where a modeller could easily wonder if the tank cars moved from one siding to the next - eg. tank car paint to the tank car manufacturer? I

Lou Whiteley wrote: solid crossbearers. The instructions indicate that the open ones were "early" and the solid ones came later. Built in 1946, would Reading's XMw boxcars have had the solid

There is a 1913 Commodity/Business directory for Pittsburgh on google

GENTLEMAN:Before Castro Hershey had a huge plantation in Cuba and think TRAINS did a article on that operation,plus did the Cuban RR interchange(via ferry)into the USA?Any idea of how many North

FYI, this is from a recent Ebay auction: http://www.bensonrailphotos.com/2010-03/73581.jpg Tim O'Connor

CJ Riley wrote: It has been 15 years since I lived in Pittsburgh and at least 20 since I was at the site, but I believe Eagle Paints may have been a facility on the North Side that still existed

In researching the 2+ years that it took to eventually form what would be Western Fruit Express, several western railroads that owned refrigerator cars were mentioned as possible partners with the

Lou, There's an ACF drawing in the Museum of Transportation Collection of a dome & outlet arrangement that applies to lot numbers 1478, 1479, and 1480. The drawing number is 3145109, dated 2/26/36.

Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 3 has several photos of Type 27 tank cars. Some show cars with valves in addition to the safety valves on the dome, such as Dow Chemical's. I purchased a copy of

Sunshine's Universal Duryea underframe kit includes both open and solid crossbearers. The instructions indicate that the open ones were "early" and the solid ones came later. Built in 1946, would

I have been researching Conoco tankcars to determine which paint scheme would be most prevalent in 1950. In looking at a picture in Teds tankcar book I noticed that in the background there is a car

Well...I held off on attaching the roof, but now have some doors to take off and replace with Superior 7-panel doors. As I had a look at my copy of Sept., 1990 MM, page 26. Uh-oh, the photo doesn't

Richard - Thanks. Between all the respondents I have enough data to complete some decals for a future project. - Al

Al - Thanks for the info; that will help a lot. - Al Westerfield

Steve - Thanks. I knew that but wondered if the subsidiaries might have local shops that reweighed. - Al

For those modeling the old fashioned way (assembly and painting kits) I have decals for several CNW and CMO cars. See the decal link off my home page: http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/ Jerry Glow

Greenbay and Western's main yard was the Norwood yard in Greenbay, thus the NOR reweigh. ---------------------------------------------------------------- J. Stephen (Steve)

Also those particular ACF-built CMO cars had 7 panel Superior doors. There's a builder photo of 39092 in Mainline Modeler, Sept 1990. Tim O'Connor

Al, I have two photos of KGB box cars and both have NOR reweigh initials. Richard Hendrickson

Steve, The Murphy rectangular raised panel roof is correct for this car. 1. Per a listing on www.steamfreightcars.com titled "1944 AAR 40' Box Car, 10'4" - 10'6" IH, 4-4 Improved Dreadnaught End,"