Many thanks, Ted! Seems that I have to have such a car one day... Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Mittwoch, 09. September 2020 um 21:00 Uhr Von: "Ted Schnepf"

Another long time builder of side dump cars was the Differential Dump Car Co., which persisted into recent times as DIFCO. Dennis Storzek

Thanks Ben Vince Altiere

Hello Johannes, Air dumps would move in regular freight trains to a terminal near where they would be unloaded by or work or local way freight. The cars would haul rip rap, ballast, and sometimes

Hello Gary and all, since several years I have an eye on these nice W&R models - but something lets me think that the prototypes were used exclusively or almost exclusively in MOW service - so they

From the W&R flyer for these cars back in 92, they were built by the Clark Car Co. in the 1920s and 1930s; SP 3360-3373 PRR 999000-999079 or 489900-489915 NYC X6500-6535 NP 89000-89059 DL&W

Ray Hutchison wrote: THe PFE car supervisor I interviewed said they were never dry again after their first load. I don't know whether grain would be terribly sensitive to that. Another point is that

Dave Parker wrote: Ah, so true for so many modeling issues. Something I struggle with myself. Tony Thompson tony@...

Not only does the door open to the left but except for that and what appears to be a wood sheathed end the car looks to be an earlier version of the first car. Cordially, Don Valentine

Until we get a higher resolution image I fear this is going to turn into a yanny vs laurel thread. Brian J. Carlson

Bob, I found a similar car on the RF&P around 1988. It would seem that the entire gondola part of the car can be tipped using train air. Even says "AIR DUMP" to the left of the coupler. Other than

While I concede that the silver-painted 10'-6" car is a possibility, I'm pretty sure I see a double door, so I'd go with dark-colored car with lots of white or light gray material on it. Ron Merrick

The B&O literally had thousands of boxcars with left-opening doors. Both of the double-sheathed cars in the Pittsburgh image are from the M-15 class, but there were a number of sub-classes with

Hi Folks, We’ve had some great new people join RealSTMFC recently. And unfortunately, I neglected to send them a copy of the RealSTMFC rules. So here they are, for all of us

Group; I can second Josh’s memories. Fluorite (or Fluorspar; a.k.a. “Spar”) was indeed used in blast furnaces to promote slag formation. I recall seeing IC (and other) hoppers with

Salt brine perhaps? or blood and fat for rending

Vince Altiere asked: "Looking at that photo, it appears that the car farthest from the camera has a door that opens to the left. Do you know what B&O class of boxcars that might belong to? I wasn't

Folks, Brian, My first thought was the same. I’m guessing that Ben’s evaluation was based on what appears to be a reddish end, with some variation in the intensity of the lighter side color.

Ron Mitchell and I were there about 1.5 years ago. The main the eye connects too belongs to the UP. There were numerous cars sitting on that spur for active maintenance. I’m sure that spur is not

These ramps were also used for sugar beets. Jim Allen Visit www.oscaledirectory.com -- Jim Allen Utah