Clark That’s a great looking build. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Finished the SOO car yesterday. I was thinking how nice it was the basement is fairly humid. The decals don’t distort because the setting solution dried funny, there’s still water in my ‘dipping

Eric, Didn't notice that weigh date. Thank you. Al Virus-free. www.avast.com

Howard, Excellent data! Thank you. Al Virus-free. www.avast.com Virus-free. www.avast.com

Scott, The Norfolk molasses tank was not on the (original) Norfolk Southern line into Norfolk. It was on the Norfolk docks accessed by car ferry for the Chespeake & Ohio Railway from

Greetings, The company name of the facility in question is/was Pacific Molasses Company. They were associated with Matson Shipping, hence the Hawaiian connection. Matson operated out of Terminal Four

The UP car is part of series 65000-68499 in 1900 The H&TC flat part of series 2300-2535 in 1900 Did not check earlier for the above. The OSL 19174 box is not listed in June 1905 but is listed in March

Virginia Beach in on the original Norfolk Southern Railway, my railroad of interest for layout and model building. I'm going to see what I can find out about this facility as a possible source for

Thanks Bob: I think that the wording is KEWANNE BOLER COMPANY ?? ILLINOIS" and will proceed with this. Bill Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I have sixteen surplus structure kits from various manufacturers, 80 feet of Homabed (all with kerfs) and a Diamond Scale turntable65 to 75 feet all in HO. Nothing has a price as I am willing to let

I don’t see a build date either, but the weigh stencil looks like 11.12.08. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:df71zx890 Can't see a built date. Any info appreciated. Thanks. Al Virus-free. www.avast.com

There was also a huge (2.5 million gallons) molasses tank that burst in Boston, MA in 1919. The resulting flood killed 21 people and injured 150. Read about it here:

Rome Ga? Where is that 😀? Any idea who was getting these cars ?

After we build a freight car we need a place to store it. The storage system I use includes original boxes and others into which an interior of my design is placed for protection and cushioning of

A large molasses tank in Norfolk, Virginia, was converted into a restaurant. Here is a link that includes a photo of the tank before its renovation:

Jim: You raise a valid point, and I am not sure we can even guesstimate where that molasses was headed. The population of Oregon in 1930 was ~950k. I have a USDA study of food nutritive values, that

Dave/all, Molasses It the 30's thru the 50's a large percentage of homes/apts/etc. had a jar of molasses for cooking. If you take the population of Oregon and the southern third of so of

I recall seeing a pair of the Wanda whale belly tank cars on the interchange at Newnan, Ga. I was impressed! Apparently brought from Montgomery on the West Point Route (WofA~A&WP) delivered to the

One additional note about the original photo: it shows what looks like a boiler house, with the tall smokestack. The material stored behind that building between low walls may be hog fuel (wood waste