Bob H wrote: I'd love to see the photo of WFEX 103 in your possession, if you'd be willing to share it. I believe I have a thumbnail of that image and its from the collection of the California State R

I found these reefers earlier starting with an old Roundhouse cast metal fishbelly underframe. Part 1: http://us-modelsof1900.de/?p=3185 Part 2: http://us-modelsof1900.de/?p=6364 This is fantastic mod

There is this site with photos and instructions for lots of train models: http://hoseeker.net/ It has listings for Laconia. Bob Witt

Currently on eBay https://tinyurl.com/y8ure6ke Bethlehem Steel Company car sales dept. blueprint. Titled--General Arrangement--50 ton hopper. 34 foot hopper. Dated 1955. Drawings include--top, end, si

The accountants need the number and the built date, but don't need the large "N&W". A car in cinder service is near its end of life. Bob, to answer your request It's rare to find photos of cinder cars

Pre-1960 I have no information, but post 1960 I would see kaolin tank cars in the Appleton, Wisconsin area for slurry shipments to the many paper mills; I assume to make coated papers. I would also se

Gentlemen, I found the original web site source of the posted photo. It confirms that it was Western Union car. "This Western Union supply car, used to store tools and such, sat in the Cranford Juncti

Thanks for all the replies. The web site was for info on the CNJ. I assumed it was in company service on the CNJ as the B&O also obtained some tool cars. I haven't seen a Western Union tool car with f

An interesting CNJ early 20th century box car with Pressed Steel underframe and "Fox" or press steel trucks. http://trainweb.org/rahwayvalley/CNJaldeneboxcar.jpg http://trainweb.org/rahwayvalley/CNJal

Doug, Those were my initial thoughts, but why would they be loading "our families" reefers in Wisconsin for a short haul to the Port of Milwaukee and not use Northwestern reefers? Loading on the Burli

Bruce, I also noticed the line of "Our Companies" reefers and wondered where the shipment originated. I assume it was northwest of Wisconsin and that may had some affect on what port was used. Bob Wit

A company PR booklet ca. 1953 currently on eBay, but probably not to factual. https://www.ebay.com/itm/362226318581?ul_noapp=true Bob Witt

We had extensive discussions in 2009 about these cars in the Frost Collection in the City of Vancouver Archives. West India Fruit & Steamship #106 and #321 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/STMFC/se

Photos from the Presidential Commission on firemen in the Cornell University Library https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:20864803 Bob Witt

The apparent main topic of the photos in the link that Bob provided is unloading automobiles; Buicks in fact. http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-28-17/X3013.jpg There are five nega

I searched a little more and found some more on banana loading, which I believe these links were posted previously on this list. http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/search/mods_subject_topic_

Rick, The current announcement is actually for the second run. The Railwire is a good source for N scale products. Below is a link to discussions of the original release. You may have to become a memb

Currently on eBay are several NP lettering diagrams: tank car and express reefer for "fish loading only" ca. 1912. Bob Witt https://www.ebay.com/itm/302585464576?ul_noapp=true

Richard Townsend wrote: ... It might be a reefer of some kind, like the Marhoeffer: https://www.trainworld.com/manufacturers/atlas/atlas-50002677-40-wood-reefer-marhoefer-packing-72207/. As I recall t

There definetly is a "dip" in the roof and running boards. It looks like a B&O class M-15e with series beginning with 174--- and a right hand opening door. Even for cars built in the early 1920s such