What's interesting to me is that most of the logs in the log pond appear to be similar in size to the loads in these gons. Perhaps the mill was using them for lumber, but maybe for chips or pulp for

Ed Sutorik wrote: The (strong) recommendation for the "X" suffix was in about 1915. Certainly in my 1923 ORER issue there are a huge number of "…X" reporting marks. I don't know that 1926 was

My January 1938 ORER shows the KCS had two TW vinegar cars, numbers 23531 and 23674. Perhaps this is one of those cars. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

In the first American Smelting photo, I see a gon with sheet metal trucks. I am very surprised. Regarding the "pickle tank", there ARE tank cars listed for KCS in the January 1939 ORER. Of

The MP gon is probably on MoW duty on the MoPac line into Omaha. The embankment appears to be pretty well established, with grass on either side of the work area which has been bladed off. There is

The statement by Ray Breyer: "LPTC, please. The X didn't come until after 1926." conflicts with my November 1926 ORER. In the Live Poultry Transit Co. listing, there is no mention of LPTC. It's

Rock Island modified a number of old class B1 double sheathed boxcars, from circa 1910,to use as transfer cabooses at various terminals. Some even had the proverbial park bench on the roof. They

Richard Townsend wrote: But the really tall ones were not on the Olympic Peninsula. BTW, Richard is right to mention how thick they were in old age. Some were 60 feet or more in

Something is wrong here. N&W 84300 was a 50-ton twin hopper in 1945. David Thompson

Could this be an early tank car caring oil or some other product? I worked in a smelter and there is no way anything remotely associated with with food should be within miles of those fumes. Allen

From the Sanborn maps, it appears that L Street is the overpass. That places the station along the UP tracks which UP called the Old Main Line. The UP is the nearest 3 tracks to the station.

Cool image. Car name is "EGG", clearly seen above door in car attendant cabin. Word "Live" can also be seen in the sill under panel 3 from left, so agree with Eric. Perhaps somewhere is a list of

I’ve got to disagree with Tony here. The old growth Sitka spruce trees were absolutely huge. Both tall and thick.

If you download the super high resolution version, there is a window in the car end along with the side. This looks to me like a boxcar that has been converted to MOW service. Sunkist Flour is

I can't read the numbers on the other cars clearly, but the closest two were built as auto cars with end doors, 205800-206199. Most of this series was listed as XM cars in 1935, but about 64 were

Here is a very early photo of SP&S 10092 C.T., probably shortly after being built. Rich Wilkens

Here is a list of the foreign road cars that were wrecked on the SP&S and were salvaged and rebuilt for maintenance of way and commercial service. This list does not include the hundreds of freight

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim has (probably unintentionally) garbled his statement a little. The 300-ft. trees on the Olympic Peninsula are Douglas fir, not spruce (for record spruce trees, visit

Bob thanks for sharing. Interesting photo. First photo I have seen with the what I am guessing is the door to the center aisle out of the car attendant’s quarters or is it the side of the

That shot highlights 3 Milwaukee boxcars with 3 different paint schemes. I'm not a Milwaukee expert by any means but the cars appear to be built to the same plan. That's one of the best pix I've