Tim, Yes. The 1958 WIF roster includes 101-199, 10' IH cars with a 3548 cubic foot capacity. There are only 10 cars shown in the series though. Curiously, I don't see any WIF refrigerators, but they h

Tim, Typo or not, the two cars do not appear to have the same proportions to my eye. CHP 5547 seems to be shorter, but this could be camera distortion. I suspect it is an X29, while 5598 could be an X

Don, In 1958 the HPT&D owned four boxcars, conveniently numbered 401-404. They had a 10' IH, and were 3548 cu ft. I don't know if these were the cars you referenced or not. That said, circa 1944, MR p

Matt, If the capacity information given with the second photos is correct, 3879 cubic feet, CHP 5598 cannot be an X29. X29s had a capacity of 3034 cubic feet. That is even bigger than the X28's 3278 c

Johannes, Atlantic Seaboard Dispatch was formed in 1898 by a German immigrant named Max Epstein to lease freight cars to shippers. Initially they offered refrigerator cars. The firm was reorganized as

Jim, Sorry. I didn't realize until I re-read your post that you were referring to the Reading car. I was thinking too much about that unmarked car with the Fox trucks acting as an idler for the Hollan

Jim, Thanks for the info, but what road? Yours Aye, Garth Groff

Andy and Friends, Any comments or ID on the partial low-side gondola on the right side? Thee Fox trucks are really neat. Yours Aye, Garth Groff

Friends I did a bit of digging through Ira Swett's CARS OF PACIFIC ELECTRIC, V.3, and came up with some data that might be of interest to the whole question of ITR 1, and other small cranes. PE's larg

Doug and Friends, For a kitbash, the most likely candidate would be the Truscale/TM/Walthers diesel crane. I haven't checked with Walthers to see if these are still available, but they are common enou

Friends, We long ago declared cabooses and MW equipment as valid for discussion, but maybe that was back on the old STMFC. I have a hard time remembering that far back myself, but since I usually eat

Claus, I wish we could see the whole number. In 1958, C&O had eight well flat cars. Cars numbered 80975 and 80977-80979 were 52' 8" overall. Cars 80996-80999 were 62' 6" overall. Both groups rode on 6

Friends, I have just added photos of two very rare shortline gondolas to "Garth Groff's Album 6, Freight Cars" for your knowledge, enjoyment, and approval. They are found on page 9 of our group's phot

Bob, The MDT articles at my disposal (Hinman and Rydarwicz) do not mention Duryea underframes. That said, according to a document posted on the Steam Era Freight Cars web site ( http://www.steamerafre

Bill, I have a set of Andy's castings. I would never consider having them copied. If Fred wants to make new masters from scratch, I would be interested in purchasing castings. Otherwise, I am not part

Fred, I don't want to burst your bubble, but the last 125 (as 2601-26125) of these cars in revenue service were in restricted bulk plaster duty from Gerlach, Nevada, to where I don't know. There were

Charlie, Years ago in my misspent youth I had a decal sheet that came in some kit (Hobbyline, IIRC) that included "Vote Democratic" and "Vote Republican", along with "Jesus Saves" and some other graff

Miles, My 1958 ORER lists them as FCM 3500-3599, with 70 cars in the series. They are in English dimensions 40'-6" IL, 8'-6" IH, 3012 cubic feet, with a 12'-5 1/2" door opening. No loaders are mention

Tim, No MDT book. My reefer madness has been mainly a West Coast affliction, mostly PFE. The only all-refrigerator car books I have are Tony's PFE book (naturally!) and John Henderson's CLASSIC FREIGH

Friends, I recently scanned up my photos from a circa 2000 visit to Steamtown. Among them is this unmarked refrigerator car. It appears to be of MDT design. Can anybody help me with a positive ID, inc