Richard, photos don't PROVE anything except what is depicted. You can't logically infer anything from the LACK of a photo, except the fact that there isn't one. I have seen Southern, CofG, PRR

Richard,               Went back to find the date of the photo; you are quite correct, it was taken in 1961.  I will now duck for cover. Fred

Ben,          Nice to hear from you. Keep your head down and stay safe. Many thanks for your service to the Country. Anyone who knows, paperwork is worse than filling out after action

Tony,          You must be visiting the wrong layouts. My PRR collection has 1 off road car for every 3 PRR hoppers. Plus extra units of B&O, W&LE, and N&W for the steel mills in the Ohio

I really need a couple small three compartment car. Jared Harper Athens, GA

My highest priority is a Magor Type F 30 yard Automatic Air Dump Car. A lot of roads owned them and they lasted from the 1920's into the 60's. Or are these MOW cars beyond the scope of this group? My

OMI made models of both the regular Canton GN hoppers and the ones that were modified with a steeper slope sheet (73700-73764). I am wondering if anyone knows what GN used the modified cars

Up until the mid thirties the Rutland actually sent hoppers off line to the mines.One car was wrecked in the middle west.I have not been able to document actually where they went.I suspect that

Sorry Ben.I quess I just assumed you were back.Wrong again.Did you bring any kits with you? <G> Armand Premo

Group: saw the posts of small tank cars. Mr. Harper mentioned a 6K 3 compartment and Mr. Thompson mentioned "any" 6K car. HOw about a 6.5K gallon tank car? THe STC 6.5 gallon tank car will

davidcofga@... wrote: David, I can't answer the 1st question about how often cars were reweighed, but certainly they were supposed to be reweighed when changes altered the weight, such as when DF

And this proves what? it's ±1800 miles from Mason City to Los Angeles. Richard Hendrickson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I do have a lovely shot of LV 25593 in Mason City, Iowa.

Ben, Thanks for all you do. Hopefully, you will be home soon! Best wishes. Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

Well, aren't you cheerful! :-)

Anthony Thompson wrote: Many times I have seen the reporting marks outlined in car chalk to make them readable. Bob Witt Indianapolis, Indiana

Tim O'Connor wrote: Thus the typical modeler's cut of hoppers, one of each road name by Athearn (or whomever). Sigh. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

NP and GN both originated coal at Duluth/Superior. So that is another possible source.

I think the incidence of off-line coal hoppers on the C&O and N&W increased the further away you got from the coal mining areas. Certainly I have seen photos of C&O and N&W yards with an ocean of home

Exactly. In fact I maintain that weathering reefers is much easier than ordinary freight cars. On a box car, the paint often faded and decayed but the lettering remained bright. To model this you have