Thanks, Garth! The interior of the N&W gon coupled to the flatcar has debris and scrap. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

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A very distinctive boxcar and a very finer build, paint and weathering job. The joys of working under a deadline! Gary Laakso

Great job, Lester. For those with a copy of November-December, 1978 Northwestern Prototype Modeler, pages 12 and 12 feature an article by our own Steffan Ehnbom on kit bashing this class flatcar by us

As I recall a brass importer brought in cannister cars with the cannisters made out of solid aluminum, making the car much heavier than most brass heavyweight passenger cars. Gary Laakso Northwest of

Bob, this car is a great find and by clicking on the picture and moving the picture around, it appears that CNO&TP 1308, a ventilated boxcar is being repaired and between it and CNO&TP 1121, stringers

The picture really expands nicely clicking on the picture a couple of times. With that done, there are good views of two L&N 36 foot boxcars and a very early covered hopper. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/

Yes, Hutchins ends. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Here is a fine picture of a rebuilt WP boxcar: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1947-Oct-Salt-Lake-City/i-7hsPfxj/A Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

It appears that the car is from Lot 685-B, 63000-63149, if my reading of the NYC Freight Car Equipment diagrams is correct: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1946-Aug-Echo-O

The way that it drapes over the side of the car suggests a plant with strong branches: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1946-Salt-Lake-City/i-RvgFS9p/A Gary Laakso Northwes

Many pictures of these cars in the Railway Prototype Cyclopedia combined volumes 31 and 32. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

This is a wonderful, fast paced vid on Midwest steam and streamliners in the 1930s with a couple of Runbys of freight trains from the cab of the Zephyr: https://archive.org/details/86544RailwaySection

Brian: Wonderful pictures, thank you very much for sharing them. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

The pages with the kit construction, pp 2-7, did not make the kit instructions pdf. Gary Laakso

Norwest made resin kits and W&R imported brass models. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Is that a narrow gauge, maybe 2 foot, track parallel to the car? It sure appears to be flanges ways. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

It’s a photo shopped picture. Look at the forward end of the car (A) and it is GRa while the B end is a G22 same gondola. Notice the machinery is on the GRa end of the car and the crates are on the B

Here is a picture of a Chad Boas GN flat car with an ancient, as in 28 plus years. load of galvanized pipe with straps. The vendor was Jamiko,( spelling), in a blue and white box. The material is a sy

Plus there is snow at the top of the door track. Thanks, for the better quality picture, Bruce! Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock