John King asked: Prior to the use of the "non steam era" coil cars, how was sheet steel shipped? Were coils shipped in boxcars? Or was the sheet steel simply shipped flat in gons and/or boxcars? Here

Jace Kahn asked: Can suggest a good candidate for lettering my latest O scale KTM 52' fishbelly-side gondola, either northeastern or midwestern, ca. 1940-1955. (Not B&O) This model is similar to Bethl

Frank Valoczy asked: Does anyone know what/who the "Houser collection" is, and how one might contact the owner of this collection of photos? Tim O'Connor replied: Charles Houser P.O. Box 314 Macungie,

Bob Chaparro asked: When were KC brakes outlawed for cars in interchange service? - July 1, 1953 for most cars. You can read the details at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/files/AB brake ICC orde

John Degnan asked: Anyone know of any good photos on the web showing gondolas or flat cars with large pipe loads? There is a nice photo of a pipe load in the University of Pittsburgh P&LE RR collectio

Mike wrote: There is an Atlas box car on ebay at the moment (item #110104952981), and I was wondering if these cars were delivered with the metal roof walks, or if they were added later. Would this ca

Bob will be at the Pittsburgh Area RPM Meet in Greensburg, PA on March 30th and 31st. For location, speakers and a registration form see: http://www.keystonedivision.org/ Larry Kline Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Area RPM meet Dates: March 30-31, 2007 Location: Sheraton Four Points Hotel. Route 30 East, Greensburg, PA. Room rate is $89.00 plus tax. Ph. (724) 836-6060 Mention "Prototype Modeler�s Mee

Larry Ostresh wrote: I revised the Excel version of the July 1950 ORER and uploaded it to the STEFA files. and Paul Hillman replied: My computer won't open the file. Larry, Thanks very much to you and

Pittsburgh Area RPM meet Dates: March 30-31, 2007 Location: Sheraton Four Points Hotel. Route 30 East, Greensburg, PA. Room rate is $89.00 plus tax. Ph. (724) 836-6060 Mention "Prototype Modeler�s Mee

Rob, Thanks for the pointer to this roster. It great to have it given the sketchy nature of UTLX ORER listings. Larry Kline Pittsburgh, PA Rob Kirkham wrote: I suggest starting with the Union Tank Car

Larry, I just downloaded the file. Thanks very much for transcribing this data. Larry Kline Pittsburgh, PA Larry Ostresh wrote: I just finished transcribing all of the box/auto car records from the Ju

The photo on the cover of the book "The Postwar Freightcar Fleet" is from the Hollyman PRR publicity photograph collection at the PA state Archives. Tom Hollyman was a commercial photographer who was

Ed Hawkins wrote: I'm considering an article on this subject in Railway Prototype Cyclopedia. If not there, perhaps in Railmodel Journal. Ed, Thanks for the info on these cars and the early version R+

Ben Hom wrote: I'd also like to call your attention to the "USRA SS Boxcars.xls" file posted some time ago by Larry Kline, which shows surviving SS boxcars in the 1950s as well as a summary of rebuilt

From a search at the CA State RR museum library, 1500-1506 first appear in the 10/54 ORER. The listings I have are: 10/55 - 1500-1510 10/56 through 1/61 - 1500-1512 1/62 through 10/64 - 1511, 1512 4/6

The O scale Thomas underframe is similar to the Intermountain (now Atlas) ACF Type 27, 8000 gallon tank car, although the tank supports are generic. The Thomas underframe that I have is not not a GATX

I suggested a phone call to the NMRA as the best way to simultaneously sign up for the railpass membership and buy the book after talking with the people at NMRA HQ. Larry Kline Pittsburgh, PA Charles

Here is some more information about the book. The photos were taken in 1946-48. The introduction is an overview of freight car history from 1898 to 1947 and briefly describes traffic in the Harrisburg

Glad you like the book. I just got my copy yesterday and I'm very happy with the finished product. They arrived from the printer at NMRA HQ in Chattanooga on Thursday. Those are Verona pedestal trucks