Richard Hendrickson wrote: Sunshine Richard, Thank you, I assume that Kingan & Co. also owned and operated reefers with their reporting marks. I believe I have one photo from Bob's, but I will have to

Malcolm Laughlin wrote: car was to be used in interchange service was that the car initial and number be legible from where a yard clerk was stationed to read them and certain maintenance data, like b

Ben Hom replied to There is a photo of NYC 88429 at the Canada Southern site from the Jay Williams collection that looks similar to the Lot 738-B at: http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/nyc-8842

Tim O'Connor wrote: http://contentdm.byu.edu/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/Savage&CISOPTR=1\ 182&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=3600&DMHEIGHT=2600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&REC=20&DM\ THUMB=1&DMROTATE=0 This

Al Brown wrote: There was a version of the kit decorated for the B&O class M-59 with the correct width doors [8' and 6'] included in the kit. I maybe guessing, but I believe Chris Barkan had some inpu

Ed Mines wrote: Ed, if you think the hinges are large on the Athearn reefer now you should see an older model where the hinges actually worked and the doors could open and close [:)] ;-). Bob Witt

This may be old news for some, but from the Hundman Publishing web site it appears that Bob Hayden's company has taken over the book distribution from Hundman Publishing. See: http://www.bobhayden.com

> al.kresse asked: cars for Richard Hendrickson replied: Richard, For my clarification, does your reply imply that steel was not required from striker plate-to-striker plate? If the draft sills were s

This item was recently placed on ebay. PICTURES OF NYC MILK CAR 6460, SIDE AND END VIEW AND A SMALL BLUEPRINT, MEASURES APPROX 8 X 12.", A B & W PHOTO http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ite

"Brian Leppert wrote: Can anyone post a scan of the Buckeye ad from the Car Builders Cyc? Bob Witt

In Wisconsin where I spent my early years, the University of Wisconsin, also a land grant university, created county extensions. This is where farmers obtained information about farming. Each county h

Bruce Smith wrote: boxcars time new, bit color redder. Rick, Bruce's suggestions are essentially correct. If you can find a Red Caboose model of a B&O M-26 ARA boxcar it is very close to what color wa

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: down into three groups, which copy I have cuts off the part of different Ld Lmt info. awaits the approval of our FWIW, there are a few builders' photos of this series and the

wrote: door roof This one also looks like a "reverse Buckeye end". * XM 75656 <http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie75656adb.jpg> - Erie RR Photo - - {Dan Bieracki Collection} * XM 75656 <http://w

Al Kresse replied: Gons (angled end extensions and vertical staff hand brakes) C&O 45500-45504 be built by ACF in 1931 with welded bodies to AMC Spec 5-CFBG. > Jim Mischke stated... " There were lots

Richard Hendrickson replied: I also have never seen a refrigerator like this one with flat plate ends. Richard or anyone else know the history of this design? It looks very different from the steel re

Al Browne wrote: p164 There also is a photo of D&RGW 67812 on the Elwood web site. http://gelwood.railfan.net/drgw/drgw67812dsa.jpg It appears to be a similar design, but a later version {built 1946]

Thank you Richard and as always a very complete reply. It is of some interest that the Fruit Growers Express companies did not develop a lightweight, all-steel design during this same period. They con

Ed Schleyer wrote: 22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=MGJkN4V8FY&sig=VzL1x1rtvZn5RLymnmU No, I didn't and thanks for the link. FWIW, the twin hopper illustration [p. 13] is from the Car Builders' D

Gene Green wrote: I agree with Tony. For the B&O they seem to spread the specifications for components among many vendors seemingly to keep them all happy. In the "Bill of Materials" from Ed Hawkins o