Um, one problem here is that class H39A did not EXIST in 1911 ;^) All of the 27x,xxx cars and 856634 were class GR. PRR 337304, 822568 and 859186 were class GRA, so all of these cars are composite

Rich, At the bottom of <http://prr.railfan.net/freight/> is a PRR car number "car finder". I plugged a couple of your numbers into it, and car series and classes were pulled up. Does this help with

Group, I forgot to change the subject line on that last message.? Sorry for any confusion. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

In going through Colorado & Southern records at the Colorado RR Museum I discovered that in August 1911 the Fort Pitt Bridge Company shipped the parts for the C&S bridge over the UP at Cheyenne on/in

Just to add one more point; Berwind's Pennsylvania (BWCX) coal assets during your period of interest were primarily bituminous, and therefore, mostly used as either met coal or in power plants/steam

Gene can step in anytime here, but for my limited knowledge on these repaints most of those cars repainted were from the 53000 series with Youngstown doors. I've only ever seen a few poor photocopies

The biggest problem with the drawings of the ACY 3000 series cars is that they are not very typical of the cars in the Mather fleet. The underframes and details are likely the same, as Mather was very

Greetings, I pass along the below information by request... Louie B. Hydrick 35th ATLANTA MODEL TRAIN & RAILROADIANA SHOW Saturday, August 9 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM At: North Atlanta Trade

Undec IMWX 1937 boxcar.

Jace, Are the reporting marks on the model BWCX or NRBX? The former were found over most of the Northeast, the latter were almost exclusively found on the C&O in tidewater coal traffic, as

I have the following Sunshine kits for sale: #15.1 Morrell Mather 42' Reefer, Steel Ends Banner Herald #15.3 Armour 42' Mather Reefer with Improved D'naught Ends #31.10 Rock Island 1942 Design

Jace Kahn asked: "Having bought a finished brass hopper from another modeler (and hoping not to have to strip a good paint job), I realized I knew very little about the Berwind operation." Jace,

Berwind cars frequently showed up on the Rutland in Alburgh ,Vt in unusually large numbers.They were interchanged with the Central Vermont and returned as empties usually within a week.I am still

I posted on this subject in messages 36723 and 41497. There are also photos in the STMFPH group (Steam Era Freight Cars Group Photos) labeled "Side-Grabs I" and "Side-Grabs II". These links below

Really can't recall doing the plans mentioned....but I probably did. It had to have been done from drawings or data supplied by Martin. Chuck Yungkurth Boulder CO 89, the boxcar. A this anyone

Charlie, What type of box car are you using? Clark Propst

No doubt, Al. You could probably find Clinchfield hoppers in any of the major coal road yards and trains. The CRR functioned as a major bridge route for several different roads as well as having it's

One must be careful when trying to replicate the M&StL's green. The original(fresh, clean, unweathered) was green towards the blue end of the spectrum. Weathered it was anything but green with a hint

Having bought a finished brass hopper from another modeler (and hoping not to have to strip a good paint job), I realized I knew very little about the Berwind operation. Was production sold to retail

Guys, When we were doing this car for Proto, the drawing below was the best available. As Al alludes to below, there was no standard plan, heights and other details varied. Larry Grubb al_brown03