Tom Oops, my bad. I got turned around. The "i" photo is a different car, although it might be the same Lot as the "d" "e" "f" car. Tim

You're right Tom, it is a NYC car, as this view shows part of the NYC reporting marks behind the man's right shoulder http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc-elywrk-erc.jpg Verrrrryyy interesting....

In going through Colorado & Southern AFE's at the Colorado RR Museum in Golden I came across a March 22, 1951 AFE (#11596) authorizing construction of a 260-foot spur to serve a new Heinz salting

There are 14 pictures in that wreck sequence. It was obviously on the NYC, and in the last photo of the sequence an in-service NYC steam engine (with elephant ears - I'm not familiar enough with NYC

Tom P&LE 30500-30999 and Virginian 63000-63999 had wood running boards w/ Morton brake platforms. Both are 10'0"IH 1937 AAR box cars. However the car in the photo can't be P&LE 30500-30999 because

Interesting car. Wood roof walk and laterals, and a Morton brake platform. And the roof walk is made entirely of short boards one roof panel (width) long. Tom Madden, more curious about the

I wish to thank all who responded to my request for HELP . . . Now with the Salem show 3 weeks away - I hope they arrive in time . . . David, Jim, Tony and (?) . . . See ya in Salem! Jim

mopac51.tripod wrote: Charlie, standard practice on the Santa Fe from ca. 1930 to the early 1950s was to apply black car cement mixed with anti-slip granules on the roofs of all box and

In the era of this list, Santa Fe did so as a matter of routine, for new AND repaired roofs. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

Who some of the roads that applied black car cement on their boxcar roofs during repaints or as maintenance? I know PRR and RI did any others come up? I've been playing around with black and white

That is a nice site. Spent quite a bit of time there myself. Looking at there freight cars and read an article. Mark Morgan PS working afternoon-midnight Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my

Regarding the hi-line article I am more interested in what series of P&WV gons is shown. neat interior Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY prrk41361@...

I agree with Al. NKP 24500-24901 which by 59 were 24502-24901. Rebuilt from 20000-20999 series boxcars built in 1924. Rebuilding took place in Frankfort in 1945. Evans auto loader Type 'E'

Looking more closely at the High Line picture, the very topmost corrugation in the end has a little extra separation from the next one down; that's the added extra corrugation. Al Brown, Melbourne,

Steel-side auto car with Evans loaders and three-panel "inverse Murphy" ends ... perhaps 24500 series? See Culotta, FCRM 1 p 186, and Corns, Classic Trains Su/04 pp 56-63. In the High Line article I

Should have mentioned that car is brand new in an unopened box. Would consider any Atlas HO 1932 ARA box car with lettering suitable for 1950. Gene Green

A recent eBay purchase included an Atlas item #20 000 323 HO 1932 ARA box car lettered for the Central of Georgia in the 1960s paint scheme. It is lettered "BLT 8-37" and reweigh date "HE 5-65."

Greetings, fellow STMFC'ers.... If anyone is interested, I have a Red Caboose #7003 kit, and I have a Red Caboose '37 AAR roof, and a pair of 4/4 EDE (ends). The roof is a tad too wide, I would

A. T. - Thanks for calling. The strap stock is .005" thick brass, 3 HO inches wide, and nominally 30 HO feet long. Length doesn't matter as long as it's at least 30' long. We normally ordered 1,000

A minor typo: the cars were Union Pacific B-50-24's, not R-50-24's. Regards, -Jeff Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:35 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Grand Truck Western (GTW)