I think I have answered my own question. These cars had an inner door that was to be put behind the 9-foot door when the car was being used as a box car (e.g. to haul grain). The inner door created

I have never heard of, nor seen anything in writing, that would indicate straw catching on fire was an issue of concern with stock cars or livestock movements. As Guy Wilber pointed out, livestock

Hello Larry, I have a number of the Wiswesser drawings, but will have to dig them out to see how many are freight cars. They've been stored for decades between a couple of sheets of plywood because

Hi Clark--OFF LIST. Published and online photos of the X43b 85400-86399 series are difficult to find for whatever reason. The diagram and a photo of 600369 are

The ONLY water spray I know of on a 3900 or 4000 class was a spray nozzle on the tender which was supposed to wet down the roadbed to prevent fires. There is a photo of one in operation in one of the

Clark, IC 31096 had an APEX rb as far as I know. Only 31500-31999 had Morton rbs. BLT didn't give you a rectangular panel roof? Surprising, since they were usually good about that detail. Although BLT

Fellas,   Is there a youtube video of this by chance?   Brad andonian   (intrigued to hear more!) ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 8:23

Richard Hendrickson writes: "I'll just add that, as far as I know, that device was unique to the UP locomotives and was not used by any other western stock haulers, so it had nothing to do with the

I model the first week of May 1954 Greg. I found some info on line today. Looks like there were two number series of X34bs. I want a 85400-86399 series car 86162 to be exact. I bet the Branchline

Fascinating, Mike. Who (besides you) knew? I'll just add that, as far as I know, that device was unique to the UP locomotives and was not used by any other western stock haulers, so it had nothing

Clark, What year are you modeling? Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Joel Unknown last name [ Note Joel, that STMFC rules require both first and last names. We want to know who we are talking to ] writes: "On my UP videos, it was stated that UP always placed the stock

Yes, an important reason I neglected to mention. Stock that was knocked down and injured by careless switching and train handling was a major source of damage claims. Richard Hendrickson

The US Navy cars came from the Seal Beach Ammunition and Net Depot in Seal Beach CA. Yes they were all used in captive service in the center there. Tom VanWormer Monument CO tgregmrtn@...

I'd like email contact information for Roger Hinman, if possible. Roger gave a presentation at the 2013 Cocoa Beach on "NRC Express and Frozen Food cars". One of his slides was of a photo that I

Richard Wrote: "But the main reason stock cars were placed in a train just behind the locomotive was that there were federal regulations about how long stock could be kept in cars before being

Larry,       I have the freight car drawings.  They are O Scale and larger than standard magazine page.  If you or anyone else has questions, please ask.  These may still be available from the

Guys, Getting past the issues on the ends I would like to find out more about the cars themselves and their other idiosyncrasies, like the lap panel seam and the crimped panel seams. I was in

Gents, I have been trying to help a friend gather info on six dome wine tank cars, specifically the Roma Wine car, silver or aluminum with red lettering shadow lined in black. Any suggestions on

Joel, you'll get more useful answers if you tell us what era you model, the more precisely the better; for example, "1950s" isn't very helpful, "mid '50s" is better, "1954" better yet, and "August