While not a terribly useful yardstick, I should note that the Steam Era Freight Cars list has now sent out 10,000 digest emails for those of us that get digests. Lots of useful info in those 10,000 em

Schuyler Larrabee asked: trains . . . ca. 1955. What were Southern Railway local trains called? DL&W and ERIE local trains were referred to as "Drills," "Roustabouts," "Turns" when appropriate, "Runs,

I note that Resin Car Works is offering O-scale decals for NYC covered hoppers with black lettering, but I don't recall any one doing HO lettering for the same. Any ideas? I have a couple cars I'd lik

When C&BT Shops brought out their series of Santa Fe reefers years ago (1992) I bought and carefully built one kit, and it ran for ten years on a friend's circa-1955 Pennsy-inspired layout. He was my

I need at least one and preferably three of C&BT's 7-foot Youngstown doors from their boxcar kits. Two that I had warped and shattered when I tried to flatten them. Can they still be purchased? Altern

Tim O'Connor wrote: are in the same tan/brown color packages. No, Craig is correct. Initially DA's brass parts (which were made using their plastic parts as investments) came in nearly white packages,

According to the caption on page 33 of Morning Sun's Pennsy Color Guide Volume 2 (I don't have V1), the Pennsy took 9900 USRA single-sheathed boxcars as their class X26. (Not news) Between 1945 and 19

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Slide-D-H-Delaware-Hudson-Caboose-35854-in-1968-/401032910347? While the photo is dated 1968, any wood-sheathed caboose is obviously STMFC material. When I first looke

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OS-DX-SUNRAY-OIL-COMPANY-SRDX-4003-DALLAS-1961-RARE-/121821544755? http://www.ebay.com/itm/OS-D-X-SUNRAY-OIL-CO-TANK-CAR-SRDX-4000-MINEOLA-TX-1961-/111830769412? http://www.eba

My apologies, I mis-typed the reporting mark. It does look like AMRX. At first I thought that mark would indicate a mechanical reefer, but it appears to be an ice reefer. Scott Chatfield

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OS-AMERICAN-REFRIGERATOR-TRANSIT-CO-AMRX-1109-WABASH-MOPAC-FT-WORTH-1960-RARE/111830603554? Don't recall any mention of these cars. By the size and reporting marks I presume th

http://www.ebay.com/itm/K-IT-Louisville-Kentucky-Yards-Nov-67-VINTAGE-AGFACHROME-SLIDE/121801274135? Don't get to see too many shots of icing platforms from above. While the date is after this list's

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1975-35mm-slide-Lehigh-Valley-Sand-Service-car-and-other-boxcars-at-Sayre/272048963119 Looks darn close to the Varney. Scott Chatfield

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-Slide-WC-Wisconsin-Central-10K-Water-Tankcar-918049-in-1991-Ex-MILW-RD-/381425640539?hash=item58cebd645b That's about as close as I can get for you. We talked about this c

Steve Johnson asked: Yes, that is the prototype for the AHM car. It's an ICC-105 pressure tank, presumably for propane given the shipper. I don't know of any decals or articles about upgrading this ta

Bill Welch asked: http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Holston-Ordnance-Works-USOX-17021-nitric-acid-tank-car-5x7-builders-photo-/371482700008?hash=item567e1828e8:g:b0IAAOSwu-BWP3TO Because over a certain conce

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pennsylvania-Railroad-PRR-Boxcar-562768-8x10-Photo-/301761804160?hash=item464267b780:g:PhMAAOSweW5VRPoj Looks like it was just repainted at "P57" in 1943, waiting to be lightwe

[let's try again with the link to Ted's auction.] http://www.ebay.com/itm/Innis-Speiden-Co-GATX-33043-multi-hatch-tank-car-6x10-photo-/121799368737?hash=item1c5bcee021:g:msUAAOSwAYtWL-Qg Assuming the

Clark Propst asked: Like tin cans going to a cannery? My understanding is inbound cans were shipped in regular boxcars that were then reloaded with the output of the cannery. Frankly, I think furnitur

Assuming the photo date is correct, this odd tank car still had a K-brake system in August 1959. Were tank cars exempted? And I wonder what's with the funky longitudinal pipe atop the tank? No placard