Unfortunately, Ike's Southern design is about ten years too new; it has the drawbar carry iron cast integral. The USRA design used a separate cast carry iron attached with a large bolt, and indeed,

PGE 6072 (the crane in the film) was a 35-ton Ohio locomotive crane. Such cranes have been pressed into service to help clear wrecks when nothing else was available. And a few wreck cranes in that

Garth, do you mean the photos of both SP and UP gondolas being loaded with ballast at Black Butte, California? It includes UP 25218, built in 1903 with the Standard Steel Car Co. version of the

Do you have any idea who built those cars? Somewhere deep in the recesses of my memory (or what's left of it) I recall that Barney & Smith had a fabricated plate passenger car truck, that from the

Hey, that's neat. A nice memento for me as I had two uncles on my mom's side that built railroad freight cars in Renton back then. Thanks for the posting. Doug Paasch

Brian: Your project sound interesting! Although there are many drawings of striker castings in the SRHA archives, they typically only show a casting number, not a patent or vendor. The Southern cast

Friends, Somewhere there is a close-up photo of these UP gondolas being loaded at a coal tipple. I seem to remember that Richard Hendrickson posted it back on the old Yahoo group. Does it jar any

Photo: Milwaukee Road Silk Train A 1921 Photo from the University of Washington: https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/imlsmohai/id/5538/rec/215 Caption: "By the end of

That information, about the retrofit of the Wine door locks, explains the MP usage. Thanks. Ron Merrick

I never liked the Testors dullcoat, Walthers DDV, or even the Scalecoat flat - all were/are too amber I really noticed that the first time I used the Floquil flat and compared that Southern Rwy

Folks; How many depressed center flat cars also had a further depressed well in the deck, like the PRR F42 attached? Was this type of approach unique to PRR, or did other roads also pursue

Scaling from the photo, I get a wheelbase of 6'-9". Like I said, seems pretty long for a freight car. I think built-up arch bar trucks were outlawed in interchange between 1938 and 1941. It could be

Clark Another fine build and the weathering looks great as well. Paul Doggett. England

Pacific Car & Foundry 1959 Annual Report - Photos Photos and notes from University of Washington's Digital Archives: 1959 - Southern Pacific & Western Pacific

I’m out of Tamiya primer and Hobby Lobby’s closed so I’ve had to resort to Scalecoat II which takes days to dry...With Tamiya primer and Tru-color I’m able to prime, color and decal in a few

I neglected to mention that I don’t use Dullcote or Model Master rattle cans for clear coats, either gloss or flat. My experience was similar to Eric’s. The nozzle of Model Master Cans is nowhere

Scott, I have a not so great photo of a C of G door and a half with Superior doors. The photographer was shooting a locomotive and the boxcar just happened to get caught. Todd Horton

To my knowledge, Fox trucks, and similar pressed steel (or built up) trucks were never banished from interchange. They slowly disappeared, probably because they were all on older cars with K brakes

FYI Multiscale Digital tells me that they will have these boiler loads available on their site within a week. Allen Cain

Garth, Thanks. I did look through my limited resources, but did not find anything that looked like "it". Besides the apparent long wheelbase, it seems that the bottom edge of the sheet metal is