I wonder if those folio drawings are the ones I sold to Stephen Priest? There were about a thousand pages of freight car drawings. It looks like he's put them up online, which is great! -- *Tim

I raised this question several years ago and drew a blank. One fellow told me he didn't want to give me retterer's contact info without his permission, and I never heard from him again. I'd love to

Does anyone know when Elgin railroad started painting boxcars green with orange lettering/ around chicago logo? (RPC text says 1946 but caption says circa 1950, so i'm confused) thanks bill

I bought a Sunshine sliding plug door reefer at an estate sale, and the kit had no decals in the box. I’d like to build it as a FHIX or WHIX car with electrical fan if I can locate decals. Does

Sticking with my initial hunch it's a Ga-70 See drawing at https://sfrhms.org/resources/drawings-from-the-societys-archives-and-publications/

I am sorry to repeat my question, but I will try to phrase it better. Ten to fifteen years ago, I purchased some Standard Steel Car builder's photos from Keith Retterer. I have a nicely printed

I cannot tell which is which. I think the second picture with the rusty car above is as built. Steve Shaffer Las Cruces, New Mexico

If you zoom in on the photo, they're just chalk scrawlings that have been poorly wiped off. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

Brian: That's a big help. Thanks for the additional information. Ron Merrick

ATSF 41298 is a Santa Fe Bx-11 box car built with Dalman 2-Level trucks. The photo shows a car much later in life with rebuilt trucks. The original springs and Barber Lateral Motion Device parts have

Garth; Thanks for that fabulous photo! It has it all: The sideframe caster (ASF), Design (Dalman), ARA truck type/group, owning railroad, and even a journal lid manufacturer...wow! Elden Gatwood

Interesting, appears that a partially repainted effort to convert to a new lesse. Also, cool end doors. Any guesses as to what road's markings were covered over? -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

Friends, Note that the Dalman Andrews truck has two different styles of journal box covers, one clearly marked "National". Yours Aye, Garth Groff

You are correct Tim that the Santa Fe had an Andrew's truck unlike any Andrews. There was an article in the Santa Fe Warbonnet many years ago on converting the Kadee Andrew's to the Santa Fe

This is a Bx-12 truck - it has a wide front opening but doesn't look like any Dalman I've ever seen. A Dalman BOLSTER face is very distinctive (also attached), and the outer springs have a tiny shelf

The other Bx-11 cars in the 41200 number series that are shown on rr-fallenflags also have that emblem, or at least the evidence of that emblem being painted out. These cars were photographed at

I caught that Civil Defense emblem as well but does tjis necessarily mean the car is out of service? The issue with the truck springs certainly would but there must be more to thids other than only

Ga-91 built at Topeka in 1955 -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

The picture looks a lot like the surviving Santa Fe car an Inyokern, CA, just minutes away from the last two earthquakes of merit in California last week. One side is in surviving paint, the other

The emblem you called a Civil Defense emblem is the emblem used to identify cars assigned to zinc concentrate service. In 1959 there were 185 BX-11 cars live in the series 41200 - 41399 --