I recall that recently people were wondering about Keith and his photo collection. In fact he was at PR-2020 selling a catalog of his photos. He no longer has a dark room and has gone digital. Here is

PRR Boxcars Circa 1900 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016808290/ Use the "View Larger" tab to enlarge the photo. Title: "Anchor Line docks and Penna. R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] coal & ore

I'm particularly intrigued by the location of this photo since I can trace my heritage to Hoboken. If I'm not mistaken, this is the southernmost end of the Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad, later known

Francis, Since many of their cars also fit our period of interest, might we also have a download on our site? Yours Aye, Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge 🦆

Right you are Brian. At least I got the "rail" part right. Sorry: Bill Pardie . Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Heck I’d like to get some of those trucks, if they roll. Railmaster ?? Don’t know them. Did you mean Railworks? Brian J. Carlson

Bill In the may 2008 issue of RMC on pages 60-65 by James Kinkaid there are 3 pictures of G22b in container service with three different crown type trucks. One is very much like the trucks on our

Good Evening All: Above is the Railmaster brass car.The decals are from the early Westerfield kit. I was planning to swap the trucks for the Bowser truck. Any thoughts? Bill Pardie

Suggest contacting Gregory King, new owner of the V9 and V10 patterns and kits. His company is Southbound Modelworkd and Decals Co. https://www.sbmwdco.com/ Bill Welch

Hello, I recently acquired a Wright Trak Seaboard V10 kit, and a note inside the box refers me to the no-longer-existent web site to download the instructions. I searched the RealSTMFC group files and

Tim and All, The PFE reefer is an R-30-9 with a single beam under frame. You can tell this by the jacking pad. Dan Smith

I downloaded their whole freight car catalog at MFCL group. Francis A. Pehowic, Jr.

Thanks for your assistance to everyone that responded here and to my personal email. Bill Welch

Good to know. Thanks Eldon. Raises a more general question for me: I understood USRA cars were viewed negatively for a) political issues (company having little to no say), b) and not based on

Gang; Here are some more "Crown" trucks, from different mfgs, and for different purposes. Elden Gatwood

Rob; Yes, and yes. I read some correspondence on this, and PRR was cognizant of wearing cars out earlier, but went with it where they thought the car capable of taking it. Note that PRR did NOT do

A friend of mine has an unpainted G22B brass model with the open mesh floor that he wants to sell. I think Railworks imported them. Just FYI. Tim O'Connor -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling,

Number appears to be PFE 96505 - an R-30-9 (Red Caboose) or R-40-9 (RC + Tichy underframe) rebuild. Tim -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Branchline -  8 foot and 9 foot riveted single door 50 foot box cars.  welded 50 foot single door car with 9 foot doors.  double door 50 foot box car.  TWO different insulated box cars with 8

So, I think there were many trucks on the G22, and yes, one of them looks like an extra beefy 6-spring 2D-F8, but like REALLY beefy. There is also a 100-ton Crown, which you see on some G22B. The