That is the kit. The photo looks like the same photo Grandt Line used. When I spoke with the San Juan people at the Narrow Gauge Convention in Sacramento, their intention was to return the kit to prod

Here is the best I can offer. All have a small pulley outside the car door, which routes the pulling cable. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Nice shot showing power shovels in use. But even better is the modification on the grain door behind the men to fit a 7’ foot opening. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Bob I have a record showing a PRR stockcar on the MSTL in Iowa, coming with load from S St Paul MN in the late 40s. So lesser known PRR cars did get around. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Looks like it is white, should be silver Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Note the car is linked to a neighboring car with a drawbar, held in place with a pin in the coupler missing the knuckle. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Clark, Vallejo makes two versions of their acrylic paint. One called Model Color is for brush-on application. The other is called Model Air and is thinned for airbrushing. According to their website t

Attached is a digital copy of Records Relating to North American Railroads, Compiled by David Pfeiffer, Reference Information Paper 91 National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 2001

I did not look at rolling stock records, but during my forays into the ICC records at the National Archives in Suitland and later College Park, I have found very few photos. I was mostly looking at st

ART had Belt-Line rivet rows on reefers. https://www.amarillorailmuseum.com/art-car-history-and-kit ART starting building this new design in 1939 using kits provided by ACF with the new belt line rive

Here is the brake end. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

The attached photo is of Kingan 1400, built by ACF in 1920. Believe this is from the ACF collection at the Barriger Library Flickr site. From the Feb 1913 ORER From the June 1917 ORER In later years K

Yes anyone can register, for one day or both days. There is no charge. You can make a donation to help offset the costs. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I sold a bunch at the last NMRA meet in our area in the silent auction, with compatible couplers and metal wheels. I priced them at $1 apiece thinking someone new in the hobby or a kit could get a sta

The Hopkins plant was served by the M&StL and the MILW. Here is a map of the property at Hopkins. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

In the days of running boards, may have been a warning to brakemen that no running board existed on that car. They were banned on new cars in 1966. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Couple of several interesting photos showing unloading of bulk cement from boxcars. http://www.bigbendrailroadhistory.com/2018/12/grand-coulee-cement-boxcar-unloading.html Doug Harding www.iowacentral

To follow up on Jim’s comments. American Crystal Sugar was a sugar beet processor. They had sugar beet plants in Mason City IA and Chaska MN in 1949, the year of the shipment data Clark has shared. Th

Todd the sugar is interesting. Sugar beets were a common crop in Northern Iowa and Minnesota in 1949, with several sugar beet processing plants in the region. The NP could also have been hauling Hawai

Fantastic job Clark. Lots of great information for the grocery business. Interesting that they only got nine loads of meat during this time period. And even more interesting three of those meat loads