It could very well be true about lumber industries. The last double sheathed box cars were built during the great depression of the 1930's and buying all-steel cars would be basically sending hard cas

In 1960 this NKP car received bulkheads. Jim Sands photo. The bulkheads look a lot like the early bulkhead design applied to SP F-70-7 flat cars. On 1/29/2023 4:45 PM, Ed Hawkins wrote:

lol - bingo ! and hopefully self driving cars won't be 'user programmable' :-D I wonder if ChapGPT knows timetable & train orders? could it be a trainmaster/dispatcher? On 1/29/2023 1:28 PM, Dennis St

Tichy (Gould) all around but slightly modified from the kit. On 1/28/2023 10:03 PM, Steve SANDIFER wrote:

Woof. They should do well. :-D On 1/28/2023 10:53 PM, nyc3001 . wrote:

Of course, this "AI" is capable of learning (i.e. adding to its knowledge base and its inferences). So having read, say, annotated criticisms of its own output, it can make further investigations and

The AI is just smart enough to write a first draft for Wikipedia, I guess... But obviously needs to be proofread and corrected. :-) On 1/28/2023 2:59 PM, Robert kirkham wrote:

Union Pacific box cars were 10-6 inside height SP B-50-24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -31 were all 10-0 inside height Never the twain shall meet On 1/26/2023 6:59 PM, B.L. Griffith wrote:

Those are sweet builds. Good luck! :-) On 1/26/2023 8:24 PM, Clark Propst via groups.io wrote:

This was the 1950's building boom and the wallboard business was booming too! Everybody was building wallboard flats. :-) Many of the conversions lasted only for a few years, and it wasn't unusual to

On 1/27/2023 11:09 AM, mopacfirst wrote:

Thanks Charlie -- an Ft-N it is ! On 1/25/2023 3:05 PM, charles slater wrote:

July 10, 1945 photo, Minneapolis MN No idea of the photographer - image was also posted to Ebay years ago On 1/26/2023 9:34 AM, Benjamin Scanlon via groups.io wrote:

The IC continued to buy whole or partial kits for a much longer time period. But these particular PS-0 (sorry) cars were not purchased by the IC nor were they sold as kits. This is the IC car built in

B&LE 90101- 90200 blt 1938 6' 6p SUP lot 5584 CGW 90000- 90049 blt 1938 6' 6p SUP lot 5584 UP 186000-186049 blt 1938 6' 6p SUP lot 5584 RI 149051- blt 1939 6' 6p SUP NKP 20000- 20199 blt 1940 6' 7p SU

Also imported in HO scale brass by A.W.E. I think we just call them Pullman lightweight welded box cars now. But PS-0 is just easier to say, albeit inaccurate. :-) On 1/25/2023 1:48 PM, Benjamin Hom w

After 1951 :-) On 1/25/2023 11:10 AM, ottokroutil via groups.io wrote:

Here is the paint information I have -- All of these are AAR 10-6 5/5 ends 6ft doors Viking roof cars 1941=1942 CMO 20000-22414 Mineral Red Sides, Ends & Roof; Black U/F & Trucks "Route of the 400" on

That's cool. My Dad photographed this one (no idea of the class designation) ATSF 190198 in 1978 in Barstow. It has 13 stake pockets ! On 1/24/2023 7:59 PM, Jim Eager wrote:

Haha he must have been a Calvin & Hobbes fan ! :-D On 1/24/2023 5:16 PM, Dennis Storzek via groups.io wrote: