Don I was informed offline this is the Harlem River in the Bronx. So Andy was right. It's a great, gritty scene in any case... I'm not sure I'd want to be on foot in such a location. Tim

Gentlemen, I'm beginning construction on a Sunshine HO scale Clinchfield 40' high- side gondola with round ends. The instructions are pretty weak, and I'm in need of a prototype photo or two to make

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Right, I forgot about the SFRD doors, and ladder wells. But I'm not aware of any PFE 50 foot steel ice reefers. And REA reefers didn't have that style swing doors, did they? Maybe

The bridge isn't the George Washington (which is a suspension bridge) so the river isn't the Hudson. Most of the midtown skyscrapers are in a clump; the Empire State stands a few blocks off by itself

There was an article in Model Railroad Planning a couple of years back on modelling the Harlem Terminal RR, a DL&W subsidiary. And the owner of Fast Tracks (maker of jigs for handlaid turnouts)

Tom and Olin Right, I forgot about the SFRD doors, and ladder wells. But I'm not aware of any PFE 50 foot steel ice reefers. And REA reefers didn't have that style swing doors, did they? Maybe ART,

Tim, Can't be SFRD due to the 4' wide doors, all SFRD ice cooled reefers had 5' (minimum) doors, as Richard pointed out in an earlier post.??Another clue is the outward opening ice hatches. Until

Tom O' Conner Wrote: I don't see the recessed "ladder wells" that the SFRD cars had at the ends because of their extra width due to extra insulation. Olin Dirks Omaha, NE

Correct: the photo date is 1955, not 1956. So does anyone besides me think that reefer may be a Santa Fe (SFRD) 50 foot reefer? It looks like it may have been in a rollover derailment, from looking

Jeez, Andy, did any part of the Bronx ever look that bad? But I cannot tell for certain whether the skyscraper showing is the Crysler Building or the Empire State, though it looks more like the

Tim; Bruce is correct; the PRR was using portions of Pitcairn as a collection yard by that time, in rebuilding campaigns. PRR was bringing bad ordered or just worn-out H21's in, and either

Tim, Some of the cars are probably there waiting to be scrapped but IIRC, the accumulation of H21s was part of a massive rebuilding program and they will see the rails again. The steamers are

the Ed, I have never seen a Lindström on a freight car so you are one up on me. Gene Green OitwTtoEP

That reefer definitely isn't ex-PRR (or ex-FGEX). It looks like a foreign road car that the PRR wrecked and wrote off. As it is a rare 50' car with a 4' wide door, I'd guess it was once one of

Tim, Check out page 188 of Karig's book "Coal Cars." There is a photo of the truck in question. It is Figure 6.93. It is quote: "This 50-Ton side frame was cast by Birdsboro for the Central

Yes. These LS&BC cars were third hand, from the Northern Pacific which acquired them, via a second-hand dealer, from the Erie. Richard Hendrickson

They're conventional U-section Andrews freight car trucks except that they have elliptical leaf springs instead of coil springs. Leaf springs were often used on caboose trucks because the

They look like Andrews with leaf springs. Walt Lankenau

Yes. That looks like an NP Monad on the side. The ERIE (or perhaps the EL, not sure of the date) sold some cars to the NP. One (or a few) of them is rumored to have been a car with Buckeye

What kind of end is this -- Buckeye? http://www.first-out.com/ebay/0726035.jpg Tim O'