Jim, Do you know why the decal film forms a 'shadow' around all of the lettering? Did you decal after the weathering of the areas where the decals are? Lighting? (Some times decals will reflect

Can anyone tell me what the binder is in weathering powders? What is the substance that makes the powders stick when rubbed? Onto a steam era freight car. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Nice looking car Jim. Well done

IIRC The saying came about because the car would hold 40 men or 8 horses. Useful information for the military planners needing to move men and materials. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I don't think it's a USRA or derivative. The truck is rather close to the end, which suggests to me a 5'0" draft arm. David Thompson

Which will STILL get you the Hotel Pennsylvania in NYC. Chuck Peck

No dashes in PRR numbers. Besides, it's PENNSYLVANIA SIX FIVE OH OH OH Tom Madden

Attached is a low-rez photo of an Intermountain 70-ton AAR bulkhead flat I modified to represent a B&O P-25D. The car represents 1 of 50 built at B&O’s Dubois PA shops in 1959 wearing stenciling

Aw shucks, they got the number wrong on the bottom car, the prototype is PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000 John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box

Andy, A problem is that research libraries are not necessarily archives. And if you think the disposal of interesting railroad related material is recent, I’ll tell you about my first summer job in

I was able to download and open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader without any problems. Jim Brewer

California's Cal Poly University (San Luis Obispo) about 4 years ago decided that a paper library was unwanted in this digital age. With a collection of 1000's of technical publications, it took weeks

Also remarkable detail shots there. Air hose mounting and side of couplers. Schuyler

Be sure to note that there are a total of 5 photos for this lot, including a roof shot and an end view. Steve Hile

Google "40 and 8" and find out more than you want to know about these cars. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

All- The other problem is that libraries, especially the academic ones, are totally fixated on “the humanities” with an emphasis on social justice and could care less about business, technical,

Downloaded it but it refuses to open. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Chuck Happel Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is

I should add the Kansas State Historical Society also was very responsive to my suggested corrections and made the changes within days. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: SAL Boxcar 11353 A 1940 builder's photo from the Illinois Digital Archives: http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/pshs/id/19156/rec/73 Round roof.

I couldn’t find that car, but old Norwegian boxcars used by the military (collapsible benches) had the marking “40 men or 8 horses” like this car built in 1899 and in traffic until