Here's a shot on my 2-rail O-Scale RR of an ACL watermelon car. davo in Orlando

That didn't work, I'll try to upload the drawing here... Ike

Although the Southern did not buy any, P-S provided information on their 40’ CUF cars, including the tests using one or two WP cars (the first with CUF?). Their first load was a shipment of boxed

Hi List Members, Various scenes showing multiple freight cars in Florida, mostly the Tampa area... https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/41837 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/41958

Hi List Members, Loading boxcars in Florida circa 1950 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/146982 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, Image of a string of SAL stock cars, SAL 7904 closest to camera, in 1940 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/53112 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, Image of SAL 28812 - a ventilated box - in 1951 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/53150 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, A pretty early Union Tank Line car (lettered UTL) in Florida https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/259562 Wish we had a clearer view of the tank car! Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, Nice view of L&N 86920 (looks to me to be a USRA design twin hopper) and L&N 85058 (a twin hopper of different design) in 1942. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/147515

Hi List Members, Image of L&N 25972 composite gon in Jacksonville FL https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/167686 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Thanks Ed! (I was afraid that this would end up being something too challenging for me to model - looks like that might be the case here) I will see if I have the issue of Mainline Modeler in my back

There is an 88mm flak gun behind it to. Awesome. Matthew Hurst PRRT&HS #6799 PRRT&HS modeling committee

There were a number of sugar cane car designs... some dump, some unload via a crane and grapple. Many were narrow gauge. They were built by a number of builders... including Magor, Brill, and lots of

Brent, It was a Pullman-Standard proprietary design in which 100 cars were built in 2-54 & sold to 8 different railroads (lots 8160A thru H). A good source is Jim Kinkaid’s article in January 2002

Sometimes it works and other times, it makes things worse. Instead of yellow, it turns the decal brown. This is an attempted fix of last resort. Probably has to do with the formula of the lacquer

I will guess that it's the same 10" cushioning applied to a tiny number of Western Pacific box cars (e.g. WP 1953). These really early cushion underframes have not been

Bob; Important point. I have looked at so many wreck photos in archives, I completely understand many RRs decisions to elevate and get away from that interface. Those photos we recently shared

Thanks Ben, that is a GOOD tip to know. I do have a few sets of yellowed decals and I will do that to see if it works for me. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Friend Jim Brewer recently shared some information on various lots of PS-1 boxcars ordered by the Norfolk and Western. One of these was for a group of only 5 cars, identified in the data as PS Lot

It might be a variation of this one (attached). The ratchet gear setup made it easier for a brakeman to set the brakes. Jack Burgess