Donald Valentine wrote: Well, if we're going to discuss swimming up river against a good current, ancient Greek writers complained about writing on the walls, and there is plenty of Roman

Not being familiar with your area I can only question are your trains all shorts or are there some through cars? Shorts would be dictated by your customers. Through car would be coming or going from

To follow in Bob's footsteps, Photo: B&O M15K Another Doug Lilly photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/149706553@N05/49315460871/in/album-72157689269937726/ Caption: I'll let each of you read it for

Chuck Cover wrote: "I bought the kit was because they are a bit shorter in height than most automobile boxcars and give the consist and different look. We don’t want all 10’4” 40’ auto

That's not the only clue 😉 As for the design, it's prewar all right, pre WWII, and pre WWI! The single rows of rivets generally data a tank car to 1917 or earlier. They are correct about the car

I am in the process of right sizing my freight car fleet due to a slight operational change on my HO B&O Shenandoah SD layout. It is set in late September 1956 and I use an October 1956 ORER (plus

And if he can be contacted by email . . .

From the catalog of photos he gave me at CCB: Keith Retterer 1442 East Bank Dr. Marietta, GA 30068 Now I’m curious as to what else he has... Randy -- — Randy Hammill Prototype

Personally tried it? No. But there was an article in MR about it. IIRC, the Liquitex airbrush thinner and Liquitex Flow-aid were the keys to making it work. I can’t find an online index to MR (I

These are actually Northern Pacific Ry. Joint Facility Photos, I don't have the notes, but they would say "G: served by xyz RR & NP." They have every joint track, and industry photographed and

Eric, I’ve been gathering photos and details on these cars. The M-8 class is largely forgotten, even though the cars dominated the fleet for several years. I’ll be in touch off-list.

For your reference . . .

Nice model Bob. Caboose Stop Hobbies in Cedar Falls Ia. had one or two of the kits from a collection for $25 for a couple years! I didn't see them last time we were there...Although there was so much

Any surmise what the G written on the negative, on the building, is all about? Neat photo. Schuyler

The car appears to me to be missing a knuckle on the left end. This suggests the car may be in stationary service. Chuck Peck

Similar to this car at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum: https://www.midcontinent.org/equipment-roster/steel-freight-cars/utlx-12283/ I wouldn't be surprised if the B&O purchased their tankcars second

Dennis Storzek wrote: Yet in the late 1950s, several brewers, including Miller and Pearl Beer, put their logos onto insulated box cars. (photos in the Hendrickson-Kaminski billboard reefer book)

Clark Propst writes: I built a C&O model years ago using a Des Plaines Viking roof kit. I used Keith Reterrer (sp) ends and doors.... A bit later, Sunshine issued

T & P 40915 circa 1926 possibly Puyallup, WA.

Bob; Although it does not have the characteristic UTLX defect card holders, the rest of the car looks to be a intended as a UTLX “Type X”, of pre-WW1 vintage, probably 1911+ or – 3.