Hey all, I'm wondering how long the USRA Rock Island boxcar lasted in service. My '56 ORER shows this number to be a stock car. Thanks for any help. Rick Dietrichson Wilmingtom, NC

This photo from the Life archive shows coal being shoveled out of a boxcar into trucks. Location is the Heart Mountain, WY internment camp,

Dennis, It would help if, when you have a long subject line, to repeat it in the body of your msg. I'm using Thunderbird and the way I have it set up, it truncates the subject to fit the field and I

good finds. This one is a 1946 shot of a Rock Island train somewhere in the USofA.

If anyone can help, please contact me off list. Thanks, Dennis

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I use a fine point "Sharpie" pen to "paint" the hinges on my reefers, or any other fine black parts I want to highlight. Paul Catapano Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

If you are late to this thread like I am, and no longer have the orginal post and can't get the url in the replies to work, try this http://tinyurl.com/9a2jf9* *Dave Smith* * -- David L. Smith Da

Continuing C.J.'s confessional mode, I actually built a plastic Cannonball Car Shops M-53 back in the early '80s when there wasn't a resin kit (at least as far as I knew then). It's not too bad

Rob Kirkham wrote: Kind of makes me wonder how many of these cars are identifiable.....? Reminds me of some of the most enjoyable pages on the Steam Era Freight cars web

I think I used a Tamya paint pen Jerry

That is one of the "great" shots!! It has some of every type of car. Ben could teach a class with this shot about car identification. I see one of those "wagon top" box cars. Guess it's B&O. It's in

No one has mentioned the location of these photos. I don't know whether they were all taken at the same time and place, but hey appear to have been. However, I can recognize the landmarks in the

I'm continuing to enjoy the postings of photos from Life with many good finds. This one is a 1946 shot of a Rock Island train somewhere in the USofA. I'm a bit curious to know if those might be

What's the problem? Can't we discuss tank cars here? Tom M.

one shot that shows a yellow OB box car with the "jar" painted on the door. I'm not sure what it was called but, I'm sure that type car has been talked about on this site. > That was Muncie & Western

I think he was referring to the T28 superheavy tank: <http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=Tank+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq% 3DTank%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den&imgurl=e66d525743a10a7d> There are

That is not the tank in the photo that I saw. But, thanks Don Worthy

Oh man, yea. There are some terrific shots in that group. There is one shot that shows a yellow OB box car with the "jar" painted on the door. I'm not sure what it was called but, I'm sure that type