Schuyler, those were '59 Caddys, Probably the longest, heaviest and ugliest Cadillacs ever made! Bud Rindfleisch

Ken Adams wrote (in part): A common misunderstanding. The word "automobile" on a car did NOT mean it was necessarily in that service. Until the early 1950s, the AAR defined an "automobile car" as

Thank you for that list Ian. It's weird to see WP still has the ten 1906-built (that was before WP was actually in operation starting 1909!) tank cars on the roster. Cars that in real life (in 1955)

I have excess intermountain HO wheelsets 2 packs of 33” high detail wheels. Code 110 tread. $12 each 100 count HO 33” bulk count code 110 wheels. $60. (Dealer told me these were code 88. They

Thanks Eric, Joe and Kai for responding to my request. I appreciate your help. It looks like the C&NW, CMO and RI are all on the same data sheet with the same 4 pages of instructions. Thanks

In a word, yes. That substantial (and bent) rod across the car would wind up the hopper doors by the ratcheted wheel on the side of the car. Schuyler

Schuyler, I also found it hard to read that line in my ORER. Guess I need new glasses, LOL! I will do that as soon as we get to the point with the corona virus where I feel comfortable being close

Thanks, Todd, for correcting me, though I plead that the “11300” in my ORER looks more like 11500. The number’s not clear. Todd is correct about the listing being the Yarmouth car, of which I

Morning Clark And Others: I did not mean to imply that there were negative comments. Richard was actually complimentary when he saw the car. I thought it humorous that he thought I might have

Fabulous shot, Bob! Can anyone elaborate on the drop mechanism? Is that a rod and ratchet that controlled dropping of the doors? Thanks! Elden Gatwood

Photo: Morris Refrigerator Car 7174 A 1909 photo from the Columbus Metropolitan Library: https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/transport/id/2565/rec/737 This is a very

Photo: Erie Low Side Hopper (Gondola?) With Damaged Floor An undated photo from the Columbus Metropolitan

Ken Adams wrote: "Accurail has announced this. As I am a sucker for double door 40 foot box cars and know little about what is accurate for eastern railroads, I am

Ken - My January 1952 ORER shows DL&W series 11300-11599 as 40'-7" IL double door boxcars with 12'-6" wide door openings, AAR mech designation XMR (auto racks installed). This is the same number

I, too, am disappointed to report that this car number is not listed in my April 1950 ORER. Accurail did pick a number in a non-existent series of cars. As you note, the car looks fairly modern and

Here you are. Jim

Accurail has announced this. As I am a sucker for double door 40 foot box cars and know little about what is accurate for eastern railroads, I am asking if this is too much a foobie or incorrect

Group, I purchased a kit without a data sheet or instructions. The Sunshine Models kit #2.1 is for a C&NW 65000 series, steel side rebuild USRA DS boxcar. Does anyone have this information who is

Fred, the attached entry from the 1955 Tank Car Capacities tariff clearly shows 215 cars in the WP listing. Ian CranstoneOsgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net

Schuyler, They look like 1959 Cadillac's which would date the photo late 1958 or the first half of 1959. Mont Switzer