Hi List Members, I just remember that they go on in alphabetical order - "Set" alphabetizes before "Sol" Claus Schlund

HI Eric, Bob, and List Members, The PRR class ND cabin cars (PRR term for caboose) lasted pretty late. See attached image, Trenton NJ 1952. Claus Schlund

Hi Clark and List Members, Many many years ago, I was just starting to get info freight car models. I didn't know much about modeling nor did I know any freight car modelers, other than names I had se

Hi Phillip and List Members, We'll never know factually, but its hard to image it would have been washed off by anything other than the next rainstorm... Claus Schlund

Hi List members, Some might enjoy this image of an early model tractor load on a NP trussrod flat (1910-1919) http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/digital/collection/uw-ndshs/id/8597 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi Bob and List Members, Great image. I notice that most of the reefers have hoods... Claus Schlund

Hi Bob and List Members, These sides seem to have more than a slight resemblance to this Micro-Trains stock car... https://www.ebay.com/itm/194671590206 I had heard the Micro-Trains stock car was base

Hi Bob and List Members, Thanks Bob for digging out this great image I will note this car has an unusual construction detail - two of the diagonal reinforcements on each side making up the truss point

Hi Bob and List Members, Thanks Bob for the cool image. I like how the sheathing on the left side of the car was replaced without redoing the lettering Underneath the lettering "PAUL" I see it sez "BU

Thanks Nelson and everyone else who replied to this topic - I have learned something today! Claus Schlund

Hi Nelson and List Members, Nelson wrote: "get the same effect by wiping the bottle threads and the inside of the cap with lacquer thinner to keep them clean so the gasket seals" This is exactly the a

Hi List Members, I stumbled upon some images showing flat cars with loads... White truck shipped on flat car 1930s https://www.ebay.com/itm/333175261701 Mack LRSW truck on flat car 1950 https://www.eb

Hi List Members, PLE 46145 gon with scrap tin load 1942 http://www.idaillinois.org/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=p16614coll62&CISOPTR=31107&action=2&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=9999&DMHEIGHT=9999 Metadata below

Hi List Members, CNW 41735 flat with turntable bridge load 1944 on Illinois Central Bloomington IL http://www.idaillinois.org/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=p16614coll62&CISOPTR=34433&action=2&DMSCALE=100

Hi List Members, View of twin hopper TP&W 485 in 1947... http://www.idaillinois.org/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=p16614coll63&CISOPTR=24019&action=2&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=9999&DMHEIGHT=9999 Metadata below

Hi List Members, We see a number of freight cars in this 1947 view taken on the Alton. CMO 40ft ss boxcar Several ALTON 40ft ds boxcars that might be stencilled CONDEMNED Tank car KINX 104 (8000 gal n

Hi Bill and List Members, Thanks for the info. I model in N scale, and Micro-Trains makes an N scale twin hopper that is a close match to the Athearn HO twin hopper. So there is a nice possibility of

Hi John and List Members, I have an interest in these cars myself. One unanswered question for me is that the series CB&Q 190000-190999 twin hoppers (ACF Lot 232) appears to have been built in 1926. W

Hi List Members, The set of images linked below show a trainman on top of a boxcar giving hand signals to the locomotive crew. The title sez 'Switchman giving the "go ahead" signal on an Indiana Harbo

Hi Dennis and List Members, Dennis wrote: "if you zoom in close to the nearest frame, the deck holes are already present" As are holes in the stake pockets and other locations. Dennis further wrote: "