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

Thanks, David-- the NS car's roof makes it very clear. Ron Hildebrand

Yep, that's a Climax. Here's a better view of the roof detail: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/F1/NS3431.JPG David Thompson

Then am I correct in calling it a Climax roof on this Erie 76000 series boxcar, David? I've been wondering about this car for some time. I don't see the boltheads, but the detail isn't all that clear,

There were two main varieties of all-steel radial roof used in the 1920s: the Hutchins and the Climax. Both of these were 13-rib roofs on 40-ft cars. The Hutchins was simply a radial version of

Hi All, It has been a long time since I have posted an update on the Pennsy S Models S Scale brass X29 project. www.pennsysmodel.com I received a new pilot model from my builder today. I am happy to

It may not be a coincidence - WP, MP, and T&P were all Gould roads. I've never heard that they had such rigidly enforced common standards as the Harriman lines, but does anyone know if there was any