Sighted yesterday at Washington Union Station one of the former USAX heavy duty flats. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washingto

Brian, Its that great adult undergarment answer, it depends. There were a lot of unit moves to training, unit movements for deployments overseas not so much. But there were also deliveries of replacem

Thanks Steve, This is helpful and does look like a good kitbashing project. John John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC

Can anyone give me further information about these two cars? SLSF 152203 was a 40' double sheathed end door auto loader in series SLSF 152000-152228. It was photographed unloading a DUKW onto a Boston

I have a complete set of the first 21 volumes of Railway Prototype Cyclopedia that I am offering for $525 plus shipping. Sold as a set only. Contact me off list at NorthBayLines at ATT dot NET John Ba

Also way in the future, they were common on the Aberdeen & Rockfish as they carried JP-4 or JP-8 to supply the tank farm at Pope AFB/Fort Bragg. I saw them on my daily commute to the 40th TAS. As with

Ken, Very nice job on the variation on the 36 foot box theme. You noted the number style dates from 1948, do you know what it was after purchase in 1944? I model the Santa Fe through Port Chicago at t

Tony, Interesting observation. An additional point I omitted in my post is that the 18xx waybills were accounting department forms while the 13xx car cards were from the car service department. A fine

My chosen prototype, the Santa Fe, used car cards to help move it's empties. I've written a short post about how I've adopted and adapted the prototype forms for use on my model railroad. You can read

Bill, Euro Kafe, 811 N Atlantic Ave Ste A, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 German fare prepared by a former BNSF chef and 2019 Prototype Rails Clinician! I can personally vouch for the schnitzels, rouladen and

Does anyone know if the production records of the Pressed Steel Car company have been preserved? If so, where? John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-969

By sheet, are you referring to the large trapezoidal vertical that extends nearly to the railhead? If so, that "sheet" is in fact one of the four fishbelly channels that make up the underframe of the

I've written a blog post seeking photos of singel sheathed Bx-35s. You can find it at: Modeling the ATSF Valley Division Third & Oakland Districts + the Alameda Belt Modeling the ATSF Valley Division

Tomato loading at Long Brothers Packing Company, Westover MD 1940 https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8c35000/8c35300/8c35349v.jpg#h=768&w=1024 John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Frei

Jack Delano photos at the LOC of the 1940 spud rush around Camden NC. https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8c02000/8c02600/8c02692v.jpg#h=777&w=1024 https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8c02000/8c02600/

Make that Camden NC https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8c02000/8c02600/8c02666v.jpg#h=770&w=1024 One of Jack Delano's earlier photos for the Farm Services Administration in 1940 at Camden NC. John Ba

https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8c02000/8c02600/8c02666v.jpg#h=770&w=1024 One of Jack Delano's earlier photos for the Farm Services Administration in 1940 at Camden MD. John Barry ATSF North Bay L

Bill, Past my era, so I looked it up. Text and photo on pg 136 of Dobyne's Box Car book confirm Royal Brake Adjuster and crosswise brake reservoir. John John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates &

Thank you! John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-4736

Brian, Unless there's a RTR UTLX X-3 in N, you are in nearly the same boat as the HO crowd for Standard Oil. After the break up of Standard in the early 1900's, the "baby" Standards used the spun off