Wrong series, well that explains something. There are more images of these cars on the often-forgotten Fallen Flags website maintained by George Elwood. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/box.html I

Meaning that these cars should be on the BBFCL, or the MFCL, not here. Schuyler

Oh, unfortunately, there are several others, not the least of whom is Greg Martin. I just found I had a pretty good photo of Denny, and it yanked my strings. Schuyler

Agreed, Brent. Sometimes with these photos it’s the unintended subject matter off to the side (or in this case, straight ahead) that’s very much worth SEEing. But what struck me about this image is th

I love going to Cocoa Beach, attending Prototype Rails, and seeing many of you. There’s such great fellowship and encouragement and inspiration to model more and model better. There’s a couple of men

Days to go, Tim, days to go . . . Schuyler

Well, even then, Tony, the majority of the men who noticed the change were the crews in the cars installing the lining. But weren’t the linings installed at the carbuilder’s shops? Schuyler

Dennis Storzek wrote: These cars had clasp brakes . . . more braking power per axle Which explains a lot, Dennis, thanks. Schuyler

I noticed that Eric, and I first thought that those must be replacement trucks. The sideframes look much more modern than 1922, but outside hung on a truck with those sideframes seems very odd. Schuyl

What a great combination of cars and road names! Schuyler

Looks to me that the photo may have been taken on account of the upper layers sliding a little too freely, especially the far stack. Schuyler

Not very long ago, probably in the 2000s, Boston dug up some rifle-drilled wooden pipes in the downtown area. They had been made from trees. And as a side note ,one of my colleagues while I was workin

I am surprised that no one has mentioned that there are “Wool Soap” stickers all over the place. I am sure that this is a location where Wool Soap is involved. I’d say that the closest reefer is indee

Well, Bill, I’ve drilled such holes and have used a couple of techniques. I’ll only mention the one that worked . . . 😊 After figuring out that the train line (or whatever line I was thinking about) h

Correct, thanks, Brian Schuyler

IIRC (debatable) the owner of OMI was T Wenzel. T was for Tony or Tom, I can’t remember which, though I think Tony. Does anyone have contact information for him? Schuyler

Jim Betz writes: “then simply roll the model in the 'sheet' of plastic” I’ve seen many modelers wrap models along one of axis, or centerline, of the sheet, then have trouble stuffing it into the foam

Oh sure, your example is a Sunshine kit you bought for $20 . . . Rub it in a little more, whydoncha? Schuyler

Yep, as I said, the reason the Lackawanna altered hoppers with steeper slope sheets came back to me. It was so they could be used for cement service. That accomplished both of the issues you mention,

The Lackawanna did this too. Unfortunately, I do not remember exactly why. It might surface after a while. You could ID the cars that had this done after they were de-converted by a line of empty rive