In the late 1970s, I worked for a drug store in Indiana, PA, that also delivered home health supplies like oxygen tanks, beds, walkers, etc. A few deliveries were made to Blairsville and Derry, PA,

Ron, regarding the 50-year-old underframe retirement question, I started photographing MP cabooses in earnest in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Large numbers were retired and stored at Sedalia

Of course. I never thought if it from this perspective but it makes sense. Thanks, Dennis! Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Cool models, Ike! Lots of railroads converted cars for specialty uses. It’s more difficult finding details and photos on these. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Jim, Consider the cost to keep them serviceable and safe. Mofw cars usually set most of the time only requiring inspection and maintenance when scheduled to move. Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon,

Digest Mode typically strips all but the first two photos, FYI. Andy L. Wisconsin

A new resource file is available on my DesignBuildOp blog. Steve Hedlund created a summary of prototype inside stake wood gondolas that were popular among Midwest railroads. Here the

Monon LO of that size handled cement. Foundry sand, limestone dust primary. Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Good info, Mont Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Garth, Folks, In addition to the AAR/ARA loading books, I have found that an excellent source of equipment loading diagrams for military equipment are the technical manuals. There is usually a

Don There were four photos two of each car. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Ken and Bruce, Remember the DOD didn't exist during WWII. Before 1947, we had the separate Navy Department and the War Department. Why is this important to your discussion? Because pre-1947 manuals

On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 02:01 AM, Garth Groff asked: Heck yes, Garth! I first looked at the featured 711019 which is no big deal; it's an earlier edition of the Milwaukee 6-panel SS boxcar, with

Ken, Got that, but... the mounts in question are naval twin 40s. And the car is a well-flat. Supposedly, the PRR's fleet of these cars was used to specifically move these mounts. None of the diagrams

Bruce, Look at Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, Vol. 20, pages 1-85, especially p. 67. I am sure that there are some DOD manuals online for much more of the same. Ken

I recall it was a few years later than that... I married in 1975, went to work for the transit authority later that year, and it was in my early years with the CTA that the age limit on UF's was

The USRA had quite a few cars built in 1919. The IC was assigned 1,650 drop-bottom USRA gondolas. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Unfortunately, the diesel was armoured, but the train died before it could be used. For most of its working life it used an antiquated 4-6-0

To the point about 50 year old underframes being removed service after 1970 or so, in 1970 or 71 I clearly remember, watching switching at the MP yard in Wichita, an IC steel drop-bottom gon that I

The gon is one of the cars SRHA purchased from WrightTrak. We will get it back on the market when we finalize an agreement with someone to do the casting for us. (If anyone is interested in helping,