Well, Marty, there just aren't that many possibilities. The only "&A" reporting markscould be B&A,C&A, L&A,S&A. Not Columbo. You need Sherlock Holmes: "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever

Thought I'd seek the help of all the freight car identifiers who seem to be out in force this week at solving what's proven to be a stubborn mystery. See this link for my Steam Freight Car blog

Thanks Eric and Doug for the leads. Found the plan in the group files and have started the search for RPC 20 and TSC 36. Fran Giacoma

These showed up in the store from a collection: Bill Dixon

Definitely ex-Wabash double-sheath cars rebuilt as steel-sheath cars. They operated in revenue service as AA 1100-series cars then became MofW/Company Service boxcars. Most were black as MofW cars

Tim O'Connor wrote: "And here's yet another DT&I rebuild, also with 5/5/5 ends - this one appears to be identical to the LOVX car. The DT&I had some very interesting freight cars!" DT&I 19150-19199,

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Ben, is this one of the FIRST rebuilds of 11000-11299 that you refer to?" Correct. Here's more information from Brian Everett's DT&I

And here's yet another DT&I rebuild, also with 5/5/5 ends - this one appears to be identical to the LOVX car. The DT&I had some very interesting freight cars! Tim

Ben, is this one of the FIRST rebuilds of 11000-11299 that you referto? Thanks Tim O'Connor ========================= Bob Witt wrote: "Here's the USRA rebuilt with 5-5-5 ends." Rebuilt USRA DS

Here is clearer proof of the Ann Arbor car being ex-Wabash - bothroads' lettering is visible. And you can see the 7/8 ends. Tim -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Mike – Thanks for the kind words. I stumbled into manufacturing because there were so few models of the period I had chosen – 1923. I knew little about prototype modeling, but you folks started

Bob Witt wrote: "Here's the USRA rebulit with 5-5-5 ends." Rebuilt USRA DS boxcar indeed, but NOT Ann Arbor NOR Wabash. The LOVX plug door cars are a second rebuild of DT&I 11000-11299. The Cambre

Here's the USRA rebulit with 5-5-5 ends. Bob Witt

Check the grou files/photos. I uploaded same a few years ago. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

George, Thanks for the link. Thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and the others that I attended. Thanks to Mike and the other organisers for putting it all together and the presenters for taking the

I think these are ex-Wabash cars - a Sunshine mini-kit that mostlyinvolved applying new ends to the Tichy box car? Or perhaps ex-DT&I? Or both Wabash andDT&I? Tim O'Connor Hi Bill and ListMembers,

 Hi Bill and List Members, Not so quick - that is what I thought too, but the car has 7-8 ends, not 5-5-5 ends. Claus Schlund

USRA 40-ton DS rebuild with steel Bill Welch

You could try the link at RPMconference.com as well. We've posted a digital copy of the Attendee Program, and some additional handouts/presentations - George's and Chris Vanko's included- for which

Ann Arbor Boxcar An oldie caught in 2017: https://www.flickr.com/photos/148747074@N04/23669978468/in/pool-1121705@N21/ Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA