Sunshine has it as kit 58.2 (M-27A double door) or 58.1 (M-27 door and a half). Kevin Lafferty mailto:KevinHLafferty@...

Gents, Can anyone give me a railroad or private owner name for the reporting mark ASD? I have a photo of a boxcar, 50' double-door marked ASD 2012; as near as I can make it out, line to right of

I agree--and I think that makes it somewhat unique among railroad photographs. For the record, it's from Narrowsburg NY, and taken in May 1949. Ron Hildebrand

Looks like an M-27 or M-27A (B&O's ARA-design equivalent to the PRR X28). Series are 290000-290999 (M-27) and 291000-291999 (M-27A). Gonna have to scratchbuild unless Sunshine did it as part of their

Thanks for the clarification, Eric. I never really investigated the railroad situation while I was there (about a year and a half). Under 16 and without a driver's license, my view of West Virginia

No, Eric, "AMC" means Advisory Mechanical Committee The AMC was a cooperative engineering group set up under the Van Sweringen ownership of the Erie C&O, NKP, and PM. All four roads shared

Irrespective of the car type it is a great period photo of loading (or unloading) LCL freight. Chris

Thanks to Bill Lane, for pointing out that this is a door and a half car, and not X29 (actually M26b in B&O nomenclature). So can anyone take me to class, number series and modelling advice for

David Thompson wrote: Series is 76000-76499, built by AC&F in 8-9/30. They are basically the AMC version of the ARA steel box also ordered by C&O and PM, but built to an interior height of 9'3" with

Ron Hildebrand wrote: Are you sure it wasn't the B&O on the west side, and the Monongahela RR on the east side? I used to live in Fairmont during my first year of high school back in '61, and the

Eric, Are you sure it wasn't the B&O on the west side, and the Monongahela RR on the east side? I used to live in Fairmont during my first year of high school back in '61, and the Monongahela RR

Elden Gatwood wrote: Did the Morgantown glass industry get served by other roads? Did the Monongahela Railroad get up there? Where would one find a list of those industries in that

Series is 76000-76499, built by AC&F in 8-9/30. They are basically the AMC version of the ARA steel box also ordered by C&O and PM, but built to an interior height of 9'3" with inverse Buckeye ends.

The image posted earlier of an ERIE boxcar was most interesting. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie76335adb.jpg What kind of car is this? It doesn't seem like it's an AAR 1937 type of car.

tank what Ed, I have several of these photos." Wine cars." How about Burgandy in color? And no, I could not describe the hue. But, expect at least two future reefer decals. Art Griffin

contained Also, I agree it's between purple and magenta; I have a small color photo somewheres. Due to the complexities of the Ed Mines filing system I can locate that photo about as easily as I

If you click on the url below and enter 15152 in the keyword search, it will produce a photo of a box car being loaded with rolled paper at a pulp and paper mill in Powell River, British Columbia,

Does anyone know what the original color was for the Roma Wine tank 'reefers' (they looked like reefers without ice hatches but contained tanks inside)? It's somewhere between purple and burgandy from

Jeff wrote: << I am looking at oats, but would be interested if it varied for grain type. (I would doubt it.)>> Grain weights were based on the pounds per bushel. Different types of grain

Hi All, I am contracting to get S Scale Carmer Cut levers made in brass for the X29 and for my personal modeling. There are a few different