Hi, I'm not arguing that it is a plug door rather than slatted ... but what the heck is going on with that mechanism? It looks to me like it has a mechanism that pushes rods to at least 3 points on

It's not a plug door, it's a standard slatted door, with standard door hardware, that has been covered with fabric or paper for some reason. Dennis Storzek ---In STMFC@..., <jimbetz@...> wrote : Hi

Jim Betz wrote: "But notice that round vertical bar running up the center of the door which makes me think that this may be a plug door. I don't remember ever seeing that kind of mechanism on any

Brian, Yes and no on the bed sheet ... yes, I think there probably is some kind of material 'cover' on that door. But notice that round vertical bar running up the center of the door which makes

Jim Betz wrote: "I was searching the web and found an image of the subject car - on a CNW blogspot - and it looks like a stock car ... wait for it ... with a reefer/plug door! Strange to say the

Looks like an old tattered bedsheet to me. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> on behalf of STMFC List <STMFC@...> Reply-To: STMFC List

Hi all, I was searching the web and found an image of the subject car - on a CNW blogspot - and it looks like a stock car ... wait for it ... with a reefer/plug door! Strange to say

Hi, I've always guessed that the Pennsy "Merchandise Service" was one of those things that many of the RRs did in the late 50's where they promoted something that turned out to not really be any

Bob: I for one have enjoyed the pictures youhave posted. Keep doing it. If Scott doesn’t like it he can just hit deleteor quit the group. Too many haters in this world, if you can’t say

Before people comment this should be brought only to the admins attention. Airing this in public does no good. Brian J. Carlson

Fellow Pre-Depression Era modeler alerted me to an onlinecollection of images at the Dayton, Ohio, Metro Library. Many of theimages document the disastrous flood of 1913 that affected Dayton and a

Mr. Haycock does not speak for me. I appreciate the photos and discussions as I can never learn too much. Even what I thought I knew can be reaffirmed or corrected. Chuck Peck

Keep it up ... You found a photo of PFE reefers and asked about hatch rests and others saw the B&O passenger train in the background. The more eyes looking at the collection the more we will find in

Bruce and all, as an additional note ... The 'roof rib' style hatch rests are included in Red Caboose kits of wood sheathed PFE reefers that come without the full wooden hatch walkways around the

The photos are helpful for a lot of reasons. They are history and help in modeling. Jim Jeffery Puyallup, WA

I received the request below from Scott H. Haycock as a spokesperson for this group. I was a bit surprised as many of you have corresponded withme off-list, thanking me for posting Barriger

Bruce, The hatch rests do appear to be free standing above the roof "rib" as there is a "L" shaped bracket used to fasten it to the side of the car. From this photo, I am not sure how it is fastened

Tom, As Bill has already noted, these are hatch rests. They kept the hatches from damaging the roof and the roof from damaging the hatch, especially the latching and grab iron hardware on the

Todd, As Ben noted, these cars did not have specialized load handling equipment, so, when needed, they could be used to haul any cargo that needed a boxcar. That meant that they did travel off-road

Todd Horton asked: "How common was it for these cars to travel off line? I have a photo of a C of G freight train at Perry Ga in Oct 1952 with one of the Merchandise Service X29's in it." As I