Just as I was headed out the door to Lysle I received the culvert pipe from Gain Belt Models that was discussed last week A little shorter than I expected (25 scale feet) but a good looking product

It’s a photo shopped picture. Look at the forward end of the car (A) and it is GRa while the B end is a G22 same gondola. Notice the machinery is on the GRa end of the car and the crates are on

I believe that "hogging" would be exactly the correct usage. I have worked on paddlewheel steamboats that had what were called "hog chains" for exactly that same purpose, to take out the sag. If an

I thought the DA ones were round corners? (W post)

Off-list, I used the phrase “hogging the car by tightening the truss rods”. A fellow questioned the word choice, and so I thought I’d ask this group whether they have seen the word used in this

Detail Associates - beautiful tooling. Perhaps from Terry Wegman? Both 4/5 and 5/5 ends. -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

My understanding (which I no longer remember where it came from) is that the NYS&W cars were of the Erie design with the ribs going horizontal,and depending on the era the Susquehanna had no cars in

Friends, Some years ago I copied this photo from a government document, probably a War Department / Army Transportation Corps manual. I believe it was on US military railroads

Any chance 5/5 square corner 10’6” high ends might be available separately? I have a number of potential projects that could use them. Tim VanMersbergen

Tim, http://store.sooline.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=367&osCsid=epc46dl6bha4a4g5cv8ifr8d40 Jim Brewer

what Soo Line freight car book? -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

As far as I know, while the cars were marked "AUTOMOBILE" because the AAR lettering standards said they were supposed to be, the cars were actually built for paper loading. The paper mills liked the

Hi Dan - The third type of W.C. 50’ double-door boxcars (350 total) was built/assembled by the Soo Line at its North Fond du Lac, WI shops in 1950, 1954 and 1957. These cars were built with

I’ve got a friend who wants to give them away newer AAR open load books. I’ll have them with me at Chicagoland. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Brad Andonian asked: "I cannot locate a file of USRA hoppers with road names etc; I am looking to get confirmation that Susquehenna had these cars.... Any images and data would be appreciated. I

The full USRA car assignments are presented as a resource page on my blog. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/usra-freight-car-assignments/ These tables only note the USRA assignments, not the

Gentlemen, I cannot locate a file of USRA hoppers with road names etc; I am looking to get confirmation that Susquehenna had these cars.... Any images and data would be appreciated. I have

So the one thing I'm curious about, that I don't recall from the Soo book (mine is packed),is what prompted the center-door design? I know this became quite a bit more common, alter the end of this

It does look like a DOT 105, which are insulated and used for AA, anhydrous ammonia. I have drawings of both ACF and GATX versions of this car in 11,000 gallon size . These drawings supported the

It does look like a DOT 105, which are insulated and used for AA, anhydrous ammonia. I have drawings of both ACF and GATX versions of this car in 11,000 gallon size . These drawings supported the