Socony Mobil Oil Company had a lot of 2-compartment tank cars with one compartment being about 2500 gallons and the other being about 5000 gallons. Reporting marks were SMX or SVX in the 1955 tank car

Todd, I always thought of Riddle more as a joke! <G>. There's also Drain were there used to be a train show (perhaps it's continued since my departure from Oregon. Another interesting name is the one

There is Tightwad, Missouri … home of Tightwad Bank ... a one-square mile village ten miles+/- east of Clinton, Missouri. While Tightwad was railless, Clinton was served by the Frisco and Katy …

Ladies and Gents, I am searching for an HO Rib Side Cars 50' boxcar model. Specifically, the short rib version with 6' doors (as built). The kit numbers are 5261 and 5262 for the Hiawatha and

And then there's Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (that's oh-CON-o-mo-woc), traversed by STMFCs (mandatory content) on the Milwaukee Road. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Tod, Consider Boring, Oregon. It is sister-towned with Dull in Scotland. Other Borings are in Maryland and Tennessee. Dulls are also found in Ohio and Texas. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

And in Maine they have Calais, pronounced CAL-is. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Oakview, California is pronounced 'Oak View' Fresno California is pronounced 'Fres No' What a wacky state this is! -Andy Carlson Ojai, CA Pronounced 'O-hi' _._,_._,_

Andy Miller wrote: Western Pennsylvania has the same town and the same pronunciation. But I doubt it's aimed at the French. In Pittsburgh is the neighborhood of Duquesne, and it's rightly pronounced

Hoosiers do that, too. Consider Terre Haute!

 Hi Ben and List Members, Great eyes Ben! Claus Schlund

Kentucky has a town of Versailles which they pronounce Versales. I think they do it just to make the French cringe 😉 Regards, Andy Millere

The Milan in Illinois is also My- lan, although I believe that Lafayette is LA-fay-ette Steve Hile

I am almost 100% certain that ARMCO's plant in South Bend only made corrugated drain pipe. Andy L. Madison, WI

These PSC arch bar trucks were used on a few B&O freight car classes in the Teens and Twenties. I know the N-9 and N-12d hoppers, and M-15d boxcars used these trucks. Possibly, the B&O reused the

Chris Barkan wrote: Of course, the B&O and Western Maryland near Pittsburgh (Bowest). Tony Thompson

Claus Schlund wrote: "I've spent a little time taking in and enjoying the scene linked below... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125880853_5ccd73ec64_o.jpg I'm not an expert,

Texas has them too Dime Box (and Old Dime Box) Cut n Shoot Concan Bug Tussle Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

If you want funny place names, go to Maine! Passadumkeag, Macwahoc, Wytopitlock, Skowhegan, and the ever popular, Passagassawakeag! (the latter is actually a river, not a place). I suppose however,

Pretty early on for sure. WFE was created in 1923 which from the condition of the car would likely place the photo at the end of the decade, if not later. An SAL fan would have a better idea based on