Not to steal Lester's thunder on a very nice model, but to answer your question, very late 1951. The model has a 10-51 NEW date, and I know the art was prepared from a photo. The "billboard" SOO LINE

Fenton asked, “ when did the Soo Line go to the large block lettering?” In the “Soo Line Freight Equipment and Cabooses” book by Ken Soroos it states, “the billboard Soo Line lettering was

One today perhaps doesn't normally equate the island of Manhattan with freight, much less rail freight, but at one time the Hudson River side was all but covered in tracks. Freight trains were such a

Ah, overexposure of the one clean car while the rest of the image is right. Film and eyes playing tricks on my mind. Thanks for confirming the orange tone that "looked" yellow to me. John Barry

I pulled the image into my art software and sampled that reefer. The pixels are all a lighter version of orange. When I adjust the tone by darkening it by 15% the result is ~PFE orange (see attached

Nice looking cars Lester, when did the SOO go to the large block lettering? Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

John, Film response is not linear across all wavelengths. As a consequence, color balance may look good but individual colors may still be off. In addition, the Shorpy photo has undergone significant

NO WAY did the Santa Fe run 62 hour produce trains from Bakersfield to Chicago, as the caption claims. I recall a TRAINS magazine article in the 1950's that followed a potato train from the San

Santa Fe Icing operations. https://paulv99.zenfolio.com/p423164220 Not sure if this was posted earlier, but I couldn't find it in the archives. Bob Witt

Spen, It's a Jack Delano photo from his 1943 trip for OWI on the Santa Fe. I'm not saying the freshly washed PFE car wasn't orange, just that to my eye, it was less so than I would have expected.

Folks, The PRR Project Group (https://groups.io/g/PRRPro) is starting project #33 today, the PRR’s X37 and X38 classes of boxcar. For those of you not familiar with PRRPro, it is a group designed to

I have upgraded a plastic Front Range Soo Line steel box car 45398. The upgrade included replacing running boards, seven rung ladders with plastic eight rung ladders on the sides and seven rung

Schuyler, Not at that directory (note, when I have the same question, I usually backtrack to the directory the file is in, in this case

I apologize for the cross-posting but I wanted to get this out to several lists. On a few lists we’ve discussed parts and how oftentimes shipping is much more than the parts. This coming Saturday

If that photo is from the early 20s (and I haven't checked to see when the cab forward could have been available), then perhaps that reefer was in the original color scheme. Spen

Is there a V1 available? Schuyler

Tony, I do agree that we need a LOT more weathering! At least in the war era. I really liked the contrast on the ART reefer where the brakies have rubbed off the grime behind the grab irons. The

Correct. The <.jpg> at the end of the link isn't included in the clickable part. Tom madden

Steve, I cut and pasted the URL to a new browser window and it worked fine whereas clicking on the hyperlink did not. Bob Witt

I too get a 404 error. And Shorpy directly is often freezing, so I haven't gotten to that image directly, but I've been close. That could be my internet connection, so I might try tomorrow. Ron