Eric, I then suppose the car below is a former Fe-19. The class We-19 almost seems too easy. Photo taken in South Los Angeles, March 1975, complete with an insouciant pigeon on the roof (at extreme le

Bob and Friends, A quick search of Wikipedia yielded the following references: "Ozokerite or ozocerite (Gr. Όζο oze, stench, and κερί kero, wax), archaically referred to as earthwax or earth wax, is a

Richard, La Belle offers a two-for kit that builds two slightly different cars. Ulrich used to make one, but it hasn't been produced in many years. I recently saw a mint kit available at Rail Tales in

Dennis and John, I really hadn't considered I was hogging space on the server, and thought I was being conscious of posting photos that would be of use or interest to our members. I will do some rethi

Bill, Poop! I was thinking you might find the FGEX album of interest, at least to show what was out there on the Left Coast. All I can say about the io albums is some folks get lucky, and some don't.

Friends, I have just uploaded seven new photos to my Albums 6-8 (living for the moment on page 9 of the io photo site). These are all in color and include two new FGEX refrigerators in Album 6, a nift

Bruce, Thanks for your comments, and your cautions about this car not being in revenue service are noted. That said, I photographed trains on the WP and SN from the mid-1960s until the end, and this c

Friends, I'm working through my old negatives that have never been digitized and came upon the photo below. It shows a WP boxcar converted to maintenance service, probably as a materials storage car.

Paul and Mitch, Paul, Go to https://groups.io/g/RealSTMFC . Log in. Then click "photos" at left. When the first screen appears, scroll down the bottom and use the navigator [says "1-20 of 413" right n

Good friends, I've added another album to our photos section with more photos of classic freight cars. The album is "Garth Groff's Album 7: Freight Cars", and it currently resides on page 9. There hav

Earl and Dave, Thanks for the ID on the Tilton car. I have changed the identification in the album to reflect your information. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Dave, I've been lobbying for 46-foot GS gons for years. About ten years ago I saw a test model for one in resin online, but AFAIK it never went into production or might only have been shared among a j

Good Friends, O.K. I've reduced the size and pixel depth of my photos, and moved some stuff around. Per Tim's suggestion I've put them under my name, but broken the big album up into several smaller a

Dave, Thanks for the clarification. The Tilton car is used for storage. I don't know if there is a caretaker around the property (there are some offices in the depot, but they may be unoccupied). I am

Doug, I use TIFF because it is a supposedly stable format (somebody will probably dispute this momentarily!). JPEG is not, and can deteriorate. Unfortunately, the online world is in love with JPEG, an

Friends, This evening has been a real education in the strengths and weaknesses of RealSTMFC photo albums. I learned that uploading is really, really, really slow. All of my photos are scaled to 5 X 7

Dave and Friends, I'm uploading the Tilton photos right now. The last two should be up in five minutes. I took Tim's suggestion, and all my photos are now in "Garth Groff's Album". This is not all I h

Tim, Thanks for the suggestion. While agree your idea is tidier, some people may enjoy searching/browsing by road or subject, and such photos would otherwise be lost under a name. I suppose if there a

Dave, AFAIK, the boxcar is still at Clark's Trading Post. The Hobo Railroad and the train at the Trading Post are two separate operations, and the Trading Post does not even have a track connection. C

Friends, I have created several more photo albums with some steam era goodies for your pleasure. "GM&O 13208" is a one-off with a grab shot of a rare 40' fishbelly gondola. "Yolo Shortline" features a