Somewhere in my files I have AFEs from the C&S for converting or repairing (and keeping) wrecked cars from the PRR and Erie. Railroads were pretty skilled at squeezing out whatever value they were

Hey, they paid the Valley for it so might as well get some use out of it. Brian J. Carlson

Tim, Great photo, even if it is beyond our era. You can even see Hooker's 25T GE in the big photo (the on one of the tracks near the tank farm to the right of the photo). This locomotive shows in one

A 1920 Northern Pacific Railway AFE 5005-20 which calls for using LV (Lehigh Valley?) car as parts source for NP water car. There is a prototype for anything. -Hudson

My WAG is those loads are so heavy, they stay on cars by shear weight alone. Only reason for the bands is to who knows what. ~}

Ooooh, what a nice looking car! I'll have to do one myself, methinks. Thanks for sharing! Todd Sullivan

I’ve posted an overview on three model projects that have kept me busy for a few weeks. I also included photos and notes on building Yarmouth Model Works etched metal ladders. Grab a beverage and

Tacoma's Hooker facility was actually built in the 1920s, before the Bonneville Power Administration era, because Tacoma had a very aggressive public utility dept. that built several dams for power

Thank you, Tim! Black sills and ends...silver roof. My thanks, Andy Laurent Wisconsin

It's not a freight car per se - it shows as a passenger caron the AAR classifications. Having said that, my understanding isthat any head end car - combine, baggage, express, mail, milk, etc.

The photos show a vertical vessel, and the second photo (in the shadows) shows the skirt end with blocking against it. The other photo, showing the top end, appears to have blocking also. Those

You could post it to the plasticfreightcarbuilders group. They’ve been pretty quiet lately, except for the slap on the wrist I got for posting a coach-baggage combine moments ago. It is a NKP Car

Poorly Secured Load? Two 1952 photos of the same load from the Tacoma Public Library Digital

In an effort to add more color to my fleet I have revised a P2K flat car from black to the UP. I have liked this car since I saw Bob Smaus version in MR a few years ago. Then Ted's vol IV of

So what kit models one of these? I am sure it has been mentioned before, but am in the midst of distancing grocery shopping for Easter dinner.... TIA, Joe Binish

Actually, no. It was June 1960, not 1961. I've corrected the post. Tom M.

Schuyler That could be mistaken - Someone must have told me the cars were built by Mount Vernon Car (MVC) but Pacific Car & Foundry is

It looks like the short answer is “no.” There was an inverse dreadnaught end in the Sunshine mini kit for ATSF furniture cars, and I have stolen one from one of my kits for use elsewhere.

Thanks Tom, very much. These shots certainly clarify what is going on around the Hooker site, and the panorama very clearly shows what those piers or booms or whatever they’d be called are for.

This huge industrial area of Tacoma is the Tidal Flats - directly connected to Puget Sound. There is fresh water too, but these waters flow back & forth with the tide. This is now the location of a