B&M steel GS gondola: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/evgwchtr9495b37/AADFM2TnOtSxVZS9njXK60n2a?dl=0&preview=079.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/sh/evgwchtr9495b37/AADFM2TnOtSxVZS9njXK60n2a?dl=0&preview=080.jp

For the sake of posterity and search strings, the reference should be to CC&O (Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio), not C&O. The 111 gondolas don't seem to have made it onto the Clinchfield roster. David T

The January 1940 ORER shows a series 8000-8099, with a full 100 cars. The inside length is 30'5" and the outside length is 32'3", both characteristic of the Gla design. The 10'2" eaves height and 1732

A set of drawings is included in Eric Neubauer's "Philadelphia & Reading Freight Cars 1900-1914". David Thompson

Those are conventional wood-frame hoppers, not Seley composite cars. The closely-spaced vertical wood posts and the horizontal truss rod in the side above the "Southern" lettering are typical of late

No, that's a handhold for climbing onto the top of the tank body. You can barely see a foothold further down on the strap. David Thompson

This one could be interesting: SS-45602.tif?? Vulcan Corrugated Steel End - 1921 - 200 BAR Box Cars David Thompson

I would think these cannot be trucks from USRA cars, as the builders wouldn't have gone to the trouble of figuring out who was getting which groups of cars, then ordering sideframes with the proper in

The roof in that N&W pic is a Climax radial, by Chicago-Cleveland (the various Viking roofs are their best-known product). The large clamps on the seam caps are characteristic of C-C's all-steel roofs

We discussed this car (mostly the trucks) here: https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/topic/25616025 David Thompson

HPT&D 405 is not one of the tall ARA boxes; rather, it is an ex-N&W B-7 (rebuilt from their class BS) with a 1920s Viking peaked roof (not the Viking Corrugated roof of the 1930s). David Thompson

Vulcan corrugated end, as used on W&LE single-sheathed box cars. See: https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/topic/25149059 David Thompson

Which B5? The first batch of 500 had a flat roof and 5-4 ends, and the second order for 1,000 had a Murphy roof and 5-5 ends. In either case, they were no more statistically representative than any ot

Yes, about half of the original class BS cars were rebuilt to widebody B7 and B7a in the late '40s, and the wagontop class B1 and B2 were rebuilt with new roofs and doors in the mid-'50s. David Thomps

Not really, no. Before 1925, the prewar 36' double-sheathed boxes in classes BG, BH, and BI (plus the ventilators in class BJ) would have been predominant. After 1955, 40' PS-1s would be a good repres

The car on Fox trucks is another Reading gondola, from a group of two orders for 1250 cars (8350-9349 and 9350-9599) built by Pressed Steel in 1900-01. David Thompson

Note the ACL ventilated box at left. A prior image in the series shows a train of 15 girders: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-10-18/X5843.jpg David Thompson

Presumably safety chains to keep cars together in the event of knuckle or draft gear failure. Rebar. The Reading gon I think is just gravel, though the car under the timber might be limestone. This pi

This car was built as a drop-end gondola, though the design philosophy was "flat car with sides". Anyone else notice the safety chains on either side of the coupler? David Thompson

The larger pic reveals that this car was built by American Steel Foundry during their brief season as a car builder circa 1900-01. David Thompson