And the Central Vermont can be added to that list as well for a very small number of 40 ft. boxcars that had roof hatches added for grain shipment. Cordially, Don Valentine

Thanks for the hint Eric. Not exactly the same car, but will do fine I suppose. best regards, Fred Jansz

And Fred adds to that the WP 26001-26125 series of cars, with either 2 or 4 roof hatches. Ran from US Gypsum plant's exchange in Gerlach NV to San Fransisco. So not to the Southeast I'm afraid. (©

Sources of magnet wire in small quantities include: Motors with the magic smoke escaped. That switch machine that just quit working. Any kind of electric coil at the bottom of your junk box. Most of

In a discussion last week magnet wire was mentioned as a good candidate for tie downs on open loads Does anyone have a source for small quantities for this item? The spools that I see would last

Bob A quick scan of the hard drive shows ACL, ATSF, BAR, BN, CN, CG, CP, D&H, DTI, EL, GN, HS, LV, MILW, MONON, MP, N&W, NS, OAR, PC, PRR, RI, SAL, SCL, SOU,

BTW, Allen found some sets at Black Cat. The website is now updated for these HO scale decals. https://www.blackcatdecals.com/product/wab48507-wabash-single-sheath-auto-car/ Eric

SP had such box cars for cement. Tony Thompson

Boxcar With Roof Hatches I've seen a few photos of boxcars with roof hatches for loading such commodities as aluminum dross, cement, various clays, lime and spent grain. All of the photos I've seen

Dennis, Folks, I’ve definitely seen orthochromatic photos in the early WWII era. On particular example I can recall discussing here many years ago was a string of UTLX tank cars on a WWII B&O oil

I agree the dark car in the 1952 photo is likely an early version of the bright red scheme, using the old style lettering and lacking the white fascia of the later cars. What it doesn't have is any

I can accept the film argument for the attached photos of 10370 from the Steamtown Erie Lackawanna collection. These photos were taken in 1913, and lettering on the sides is very hard to decipher. But

Eric Thanks for sharing your photos. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I’ve posted a short summary of the recently RPM Chicagoland event. This includes a link to a gallery of photos I snapped during the meet. Please share the link with friends so they can plan to

Curiouser and curiouser. The orthocromatic film theory doesn't explain the example of the dark colored Swift car from Pittsburg with the 1952 Chevy billboard in the background that Doug Harding

I spoke with them, yes, and they have some interesting ideas. Among them, a styrene version of the ATSF Bx 11 — Bx 13 single sheathed box car series. If I recall our conversation, they are hoping to

Dennis Storzek wrote: "How to explain the apparent white lettering on the side? It is possible that glossier black paint is reflecting sunlight. This brings to mind a question; was Swift using glass

There is one argument against this theory; there IS black (or at least dark) lettering on the car side. Look just to the left of the third from the bottom grab that makes the side ladder, and you will

https://www.prototypejunction.com/?m=1 Anyone meet John or Randy at Lisle? Let the speculation begin? Bill Welch

As Steve noted, Swift apparently renumbered the 12000-12999 series cars into the 40000 series sometime in 1925. But, the 12000 series was repopulated with cars sometime between 12/30 and 7/34 (based