Todd mentioned earlier about possibly a yardmaster snagging a single UCR car, but all four of those cars look very similar to me. And I'd say that three of them are clearly lettered Utah Coal

Garth, Thank you for your informative post. It has helped me identify additional potential traffic for my 1944 Richmond CA based layout. From a pair of SP industry maps (1928 & 48), we can identify

Except that it's really, really easy to over-represent the USRA cars if you are trying to build a prototypically accurate fleet. In 1935 (my year of interest), only one in ~16 B&M box cars was a

This sounds like a good reason to pick up a number of undec cars, re-detail them along with painting and lettering. At least the starting point is good. Cheers & Happy Modeling, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Also of note is the URTX meat reefer marked for Dubuque Packing Company. What color is that, orange? Very different from the adjacent Northern Refrigerator to the right or the Milwaukee branded car

I can only speak top the B&M's USRA DS cars. I have the builder's photo from 1919 -- no fascia. I have a photo with a 1934 reweigh date and pretty fresh paint. It has a fascia board. Tempting to

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