walter: you are obviously missing part of this thread, don't know what to tell you, and as far as that tree dweller in washington in concerned, once he starts "acting" like such, than he will be given

Sorry Mel, I didn't see any reference in that post to any upcoming show. Shouldn't present circumstances and a backhanded slap at the President be off limits? Walter

Do you mean this? Brake Booster Near as can tell its main function is to double the power available from a vertical staff hand brake by making the hand brake chain into a two part line; note that

Just primed my M-K-T company built War Emergency boxcar w/Badger's Neutral Yellow primer. Bill Welch

Mel Perry, thanks for your response, Claus Schlund already sent me some scans. Bud Rindfleisch

walter: the discussion was about upcoming shows, and the present circumstances mel perry

What does this last post have to do with Steam Era Freight Cars prior to 1960?

The 1950 and 1955 ORER's show a number of 50 foot cars with 11-2 or 11-3 interior heights. That's clearly extra tall for 1950's box cars! Tim O'Connor

Cool pix. That strikes me as some kind of slack adjuster. Is that what it is? Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I started building this Funaro & Camerlengo kit over ten years ago and while it was not my intent to take so long, sometimes it can be advantageous. With this prototype I kept finding new photos to

I love these photos, but I kind of chuckled when I saw that beer barrels are being loaded onto a box car marked "Automobile". Is that encouraging drinking and driving? Ok, maybe sort of lame, but I

Bob; They all look like beer barrels. I cannot imagine shipping whiskey that way, but beer was often stacked and blocked like that. They did not ship beer long distances back then, but there

The B-26 and later B-29 assembly plant was the Martin factory on what is now Offutt AFB(previously Fort Crook) south of Bellevue NE. The building was later made part of the base and called "Building

Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar An undated photo from the Los Angeles City Public Library: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/photos/id/100971/rec/1247 Caption: "Barrels of liquor are

Good Morning Fellow Shut-ins... I am working on an overall history of the 21,000 class M-8 box cars built for the B&O, B&OSW, and P&W. The majority were built by Pullman as documented by Eric

If anyone is interested, Q Connection has the remaining RP CYC 12's in stock for $12.95 plus shipping. See www.QConnection.biz and click on Books & Pubs. Dave Lotz

Bob, We might want to chat off list about C.I.L. 1471 that appears in the photo. mswitzer@.... Mont Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing,

Claus, Many thanks for the info and the off list scans. Bud Rindfleisch

Not to high jack this thread but the NYC had a very similar car to this one for B-29 production as well. If you have Amazon Prime Video search "B29 Bomber Films" and a short movie will pop up with

As far as I Know it is still there. I will check the next time I go to Scottsbluff. There are also 2 in the eastern part of the state. Ravenna, maybe but I can't remember for sure. Harry Marshall