Ed, I have this car now and can send you a photo of the model, if you like. Tony Thompson

CNJ owned this car - I don't know if there were other owners aswell. Richard Hendrickson had one and lettered it for CRP, I think, which wasa short lived CNJ tax dodge immortalized in a Paul Newman

Also Taylor Yard had tri-color signals for the hump yard, and if youlook over the top of the box car on the right, it looks like the trees on thehill that overlooked Taylor Yard Tim O'

805 was a San Joaquin number, so 813 may be from centralCalifornia

You have a point, Tony... and UP did come into LA as well. Thanks. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

Ed, The side stakes (ribs) appear to be spaced closer than the AAR design for these 65ft mill gondolas. I recall seeing some P&LE and perhaps NYC gondolas that also had close spacing, but I have no

I find myself with an unpainted 65 foot mill gon by Precision Scale. It is part number 15474. And is referenced as "Bethlehem Steel". I found one of these factory painted for B&O (part number

Bill Daniels wrote: I don't know about the signal, but 813 is not a Salt Lake Division freight number. I would think it could be an LA Division number. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

FWIW, those Pacific HO cars were picked up and produced by Walthers for years after the original kits were produced, although they are probably gone by now. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

I'm guessing that the location of this photo was Ogden, Utah. That's a UP tricolor signal at the extreme left hand side of the photo. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

The trucks were painted "freight car red" (or oxide red) too.(Color photo of freshly painted M&StL 54000.) The running board was unpainted, exceptfor the portion that hung over the ends, which was

Hello- I have another enhanced kit to offer, this time for one of the last 400 cars built in 7-45 for the Minneapolis & Saint Louis 1937 AAR 6' door 40' box cars. M&StL 54416, was part of the 500 cars

I have a better shot of this (I'll send it offline) - although Barrigersays it is Coroapolis PA, my previous info called it Montour Junction - thetwo locations are just yards apart, so I guess they're

Bruce Indeed, it is 1-813, the first section of timetable freight train 813. Ican't tell you where it is without an SP timetable for that era, but I don'tthink the SP operated "high and wide" trains

Claus, Yes, and we've discussed this wreck previously referencing a different photo from the P&LE archives ;) The car (1022) is obviously black and it is on home rails (P&LE, Montour Jct) in an

One word… OOPS! Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Hi List Members, From time to time, there is discussion regarding large J&L Steel tank cars - I think there is one in the photo linked

Claus, Looks like two more unusual loads following it. This could be either a specific high and wide train (as some railroads such as the PRR were prone to have) or an extra (although the dark flags

Nice! Here is the oil & gas dealer in context. :-) It looks likethey were using gondolas AND stock cars to move railroad ties. https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12661198723/ Tim O'

Hi List Members, It looks to me like the first two cars on this train have a load that spans two flat cars. Refinery distillation