At least we know why the helium car is for sale. J. Stephen Sandifer

I've shared techniques and tools to remove details in part two of the Lackawanna boxcar upgrade story. It's the latest post on my DesignBuildOp blog.

Not very long ago, probably in the 2000s, Boston dug up some rifle-drilled wooden pipes in the downtown area. They had been made from trees. And as a side note ,one of my colleagues while I was

Ed, To quote the instructions "Taper tank ends, using a dime store pencil sharpener. Use care to taper all equally." Sadly the modeler took it a bit too far! That's just one of the challenging

looks like someone had a pencil sharpener

Chuck, You bring up a point that I am very interested in: Carbon used for filtration in water plants. I model the B&O's Georgetown Branch ca 1945-55, and include the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant

The boxcars in the background are led by a CB&Q car in two of the cuts. And, if my eyes don't deceive me, they all have truss rod underframes. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast

I'm at a loss as to how the 1935 could be a correct address. This is west (geographically southwest) of the 16th Street viaduct, if that is indeed the correct viaduct. Certainly could be, since it

But, keep in mind the purpose for which they were drawn; to allow someone in a distant office to assess the risk of fire spreading to a particular building. Since railroad tracks were both potential

Schuyler I pointed out the Wool Soap signs yesterday afternoon with a comment I thought this was a building that dealt with by-products. Wool Soap was a brand name of the Swift company for one of

I am surprised that no one has mentioned that there are “Wool Soap” stickers all over the place. I am sure that this is a location where Wool Soap is involved. I’d say that the closest reefer

Tony, the Alaska RR would be the fourth. Sometimes UP cars would go thru the Milw. Hope this helps, DSB. David S. Burnett

I apologize for the digression, could you name the fourth US line that interchanged to the Lower Mainland? I'm at a loss, there's GN, MILW and NP but I'm obviously missing something. Is it ARR

Hi Irv, The Nickel Plate's "swing tail R" was in use in advertising since the teens, but only used on some rolling stock and engines during the 1939-1947 period (and even then, was only haphazardly

Brian Carlson wrote: Kind of a twisted perspective on the NKP . . . Tony Thompson tony@...

Those are the Reading XMV class. They are not typical 1937 AAR cars. They were built by the Reading shops. If you were looking for typical 1937 cars, tabbed sills, Murphy roof etc. they aren’t them.

Notice there's Swift, Cudahy, & Wilson facilities all in that 1-2 block area.

My principal source of information is the compilation of "1937 AAR Boxcars (1936-1947)" by Ed Hawkins, which lists 300 RDG cars, numbered 103000-103299, built in Nov 1937. They had Duryea

David and all; In all the research, PRR analyses, and photo evidence, it is evident that PRR hoppers went off-line all the time, and if they went into anthracite territory loaded, they generally got

 Hi Steve, I noticed that too! Claus Schlund