That's an expensive car to cut up. It's a very nice car on it's own. Every so often you'll find one for sale on ebay. Redball had both plastic and metal versions of a Buckeye end. I don't know if

Thank you for the comments/photographs of the model and prototype! It would seem that most layouts/maintenance yards should have one or more of these. Comments raise the interesting question of how

Richard Webster wrote: In the 1920s and 1930s (the photo below is from May 1930) things were even simpler. This image is from PFE's Nampa Shop, and is one of a long series showing MANY steps in

Richard Webster wrote: I wouldn't dispute your account, but will just append two photos of the prototype in the 1950s, that I used for modeling. I can supply more if anyone wishes. Tony

I used to work on cars with Babbitt bearing trucks when we still had them. They were a job to replace and also to repack. The journal area of the wheel sets would not be shiny metal until it is

Ten REA logo signs on two sheets for $10. Shown next to a factory stamped sign on a Lionel milk car and on a modified Weaver box car. John Mateyko

These are contemporary photos, but most color ones are newer than this group. J. Stephen Sandifer

Bud, I still not convinced that the left hand door isn’t the same width as the main/right hand door. Nevertheless, the doors are somewhat wider than the clear opening in order to completely

RE: Chains I almost missed the chains are attached to a ?strap? (at least the one the guy on the left is using is), which then (eventually) is attached to a winch of some sort I would assume the

Bruce Smith wrote: True, assuming they were otherwise ready for service. But often the machining of the bearing surfaces (and sometimes the wheel tread (to make sure contour was right) would be

Tony, If they are new wheelsets, somebody screwed up and didn't protect the axle bearing surfaces 😉 Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Similar photo: Left to right, Corporal Robert C. McLeister, Morristown, New Jersery and Staff Sergeant Lucian L. Logan Laurel, Mississippi, shoveling grain | UTA Libraries Digital Gallery Bob

Ray, I have attached a photo of a Monon wheel car and the model I made of it with a Tichy car with sides and ends from Chad Boas. I also have attached the AAR loading diagram. It was fun to work

Dave Parker wrote: I would assume new wheels, that have sat awhile before shipping. Otherwise, if used wheels, treads would be shiny and wheel faces SERIOUSLY dirty. Tony Thompson tony@...

The wheels are probably a little too uniformly rusty, but new wheels can get rusty if they have set around for a while. If they are new, then the gunk is out. If they are older sets, perhaps reused

Winches outside the car pull the "power shovels" to the door, the men just steer. The real work comes when they have to drag the shovels back to the ends of the car. The duct is for loading, it

Thanks, Bruce, I have not been familiar with the powered plows. The winch is not visible in the photo. Now I “get it.” Schuyler

Schuyler, The chains pull the plows. The men drag them back into the load, shove them down and then someone starts the winch that pulls on chains. By having one high and one low, it keeps the plow

Bob Chaparro wrote: "Photo: Unloading Grain From A Boxcar A photo from the University of Texas-Arlington Archives: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20093921 Click on the photo twice to

Interesting. Integrated crew. I don’t get the chains and how that works. And what’s that bifurcated duct (?) in the other doorway? Schuyler