Dave and Friends, I just found a photo of a similar GT flat car in TRAIN SHED CYCLOPEDIA NO. 35 (reprint of the 1919 CBD), page 326. Grand Trunk 69611 has a lettering layout that mirrors the car on at

Please send list Tom,Armand

No. I have no plans. Attached are a couple pages from a March 1924 NYC freight car diagram book documenting these flat cars. General drawing numbers are listed for a few. Roger Hinman covered these in

Eric do you have plans? Greg Martin Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Does anyone have any info they could share about these container gondolas? I'm trying to make a drawing of the containers anf gondolas working off pictures and the ORER dimensions on the gondola

I think the MW just above the left-hand grab provides a pretty clear clue concerning company service versus interchange. Whether the paint scheme actually represents a prototype car from "back in the

Most likely the car GT 54559 was in company service, like GTW flat cars in this number series. As was the case with most other railroads, CNR and its associated lines did not list company service

the L&N gondola is one of 1000 composite gons that closely copied the RR's original 1000 USRA cars. The main difference is there is no flat diagonal straps on the end panels and they had cast sidearm

Photos From The Louis Edward Nollau Glass Negative Collection This collection is archived at the University of Kentucky. Click on the photos to enlarge them. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA ++++ Boxcar

I had a request to post the Reboxx 36 in. Wheel Application Chart, so here it is. Nelson Moyer

Folks, I have been asked to post my clinic from Cocoa Beach, Prototype Rails 2020 on WWII era military loads. I have placed it and the associated handout in a Google Drive that is accessible to all. I

AC&F Type 11, 10,000 gallon tank car. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."

Photo: Staley Tank Cars Undated photo from the Decatur Herald & Review: https://tinyurl.com/taxs6pc There are a number of other general railroad photos on the page that included the above

With the obvious exception of the number of stake pockets, the GT car does look very similar to Central Vermont 4287 ( http://centralvermontrailway.blogspot.com/2018/08/wordless-wednesday-199.html)

The sidesills on those flats are slightly different. The sidesills on the GT car are deeper than those on the Rutland car. This also affects the angles of the fishbelly appearance.

Friends, While looking through my New England photos for other surviving examples of the Rutland 2700-series flat cars, I chanced upon another 11-pocket flat car. This one is in company service on the

Don, Your recollections are very interesting. I cannot agree or disagree with your assessment of the current Steamtown musuem. I do know that it has been something of a political football in recent

Thanks, Bob. I also received the chart directly, and I should have notified the group to save other’s the trouble. Nelson Moyer

Jack and Friends, Since we can't see a car number or more of the side, an exact ID is impossible, but I can come close. Originally these were WP 14001-14100, built in 1923 by Mt. Vernon. See attached

Disregard my previous post. Hutchins of course, with height extended with a two rib Murphy section. I know better and my only excuse is that I hadn't had coffee yet. (Face red) Jack