Joe; How about "The urban scenery of Severna Park".  Model Railroader, December, 1975. Steve Stull

And earlier: "Well one reason is if it is a plug door it is an FRA defect for it to be open, loaded or not. If it is a slidding door it is also a defect to leave it open if it is loaded. So the only

Paul, contact me offlist. Mike Fortney

Going back to Mr Andrews's original question: if one wants just one or two cars, I'd go for something that's *typical* more than *justifiable* (which I think of as "OK once in a while"). The Sunshine

John Pryke did a series (later put into a book) in MR on the Union Connecting or something like that. I think it was based on Boston. A look at the Kalmbach Publishing Co website shows it is

Right, Al, there was an article about the Baltimore waterfront in the last few years, but I am wondering if that was in MR or the B&OHS Sentinel (my memory's not perfect either . . .). And there has

I guess you are correct. I did not realize that the FRA was not started untill 1967. Although my comments would still be correct except for the FRA part. Kenny

There is/was waterfront trackage of this description in Baltimore, Norfolk, New York City, and maybe other places. Does any of these ring a bell? (It would be easier to find if the reference were a

There are pix of auto or truck frames being shipped on an angle in PM gons.  Shipping brackets and cables were just thrown back into gondola cars and returned to AO Smith, etc.  Later on, they used

Earlier than your time period, but the October 1948 ORER lists Wabash gondolas fitted for frame loading: 16 cars in the series 12500 - 12599 for Mercury-Lincoln frames; 35 cars in the same series for

Victor, gondolas in auto frame service were in assigned service and had racks and floor fittings designed specifically for the particular auto or truck frames they carried. Of course, these were

I need some help. I am trying to find (remember) the name of an article / author. I believe it also was made into a supplemental publication. I can't find what I had saved. The topic was

Brian, according to the C&NW diagram book, these cars had AAR self- aligning spring-plankless trucks made by ASF except for ten cars in the 46101-46599 series which were equipped with ASF A-3 "Ride

mopac51.tripod wrote: Actually the cars were rebuilt ca. 1935 and at that time carried PMcK&Y reporting marks. They were relettered P&LE very shortly afterwards, however, apparently around 1937.

...specifically the Wabash in the early 50's. Thought this type of service was common on the Wabash, there seems to be a lack of photo documentation. What cars would be fair game and would other

I'm getting close to finishing up the Tichy rebuilt boxcar and will decal as one of the P&LE cars in RPC Volume 17 on page 43 using Jerry Glow's set. P&LE 83759 is pretty weathered with a black NYC

Bill, I think most of us agree that foobies (bogus paint & lettering) is an important part of recouping an investment -- but it cuts two ways. For example, consider IM putting bogus paint jobs on a

Pierre Hah! Have you seen Bill's tank cars? I'll open the bidding at $150, and I'm sure it will go much higher... I would never imply that building resin kits to the level that we build them (as Tom

I have a p2k model of one of the above 50-ton flats that has been languishing on the bench since I don't know what trucks these guys had. Any help greatly appreciated. Brian J. Carlson,

Group, I am trying to finish a Sunshine Kit 78.4 and this is one of those times when build by the prototype photo will not completely work. The kit is for one of the 36' Illinois Terminal house cars