Could some event like WWII have delayed the pace of their removal? Bob Witt

Santa Fe Icing operations. https://paulv99.zenfolio.com/p423164220 Not sure if this was posted earlier, but I couldn't find it in the archives. Bob Witt

Steve, I cut and pasted the URL to a new browser window and it worked fine whereas clicking on the hyperlink did not. Bob Witt

Another thought ... the caption states that DISCO was a preparation plant so it potentially received coal from other mines for washing and grading. This would be a natural need for an online fleet of

There are these two: https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7sf7664q86_6112_1?q=railroad+car&per_page=20 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7sf7664q86_6115_1?q=railroad+car&per_page=20 If these photos w

B&O class M-55h did have Duryea underframes. Bob Witt

A really fine looking model. I assume this was the polystyrene kit. Trying not to nit-pic, but what about the trucks shouldn't they be some PRR type truck. Regards, Bob Witt

David, Many of the professional/studio photographers took these railroad photos for damage claims. Regards, Bob Witt

I searched using "railroad car" Found this one. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt702v2c8t1s_6137_1?q=railroad+car&offset=80&per_page=20 Bob Witt

The railroad would have been the IC; its Freeport IL to Madison WI line. According to Google maps the car dealership building still stands. Bob Witt

Question: Why a Canadian car? Were some cars built in Canada as early as 1957 or was there some sort of "car pool" in operation. Bob Witt

Or maybe they are an excuse to replace some of the old Train-Miniature tooling Walthers owns. Bob Witt

I caught this one, L&N 30658, in Waukesha, Wisconsin. I believe the City coal gas plant was still active in the early 1960s. Bob Witt P.S. It look like my photo is fading away ...

Could these express reefers be in a queue for clean-our and loading of high quality perishables? As wild speculation on the car on the right with some stenciling visible the top line could be the begi

Bob C. I have the State of Maine one. I was always intrigued by the fact these Varney cars had separate ladders and handholds. Seemed more realistic than the cast-on ones on the all-plastic kits. I re

Tim, Does it help to identify the reefer if it had a Duryea underframe? I believe as built the feefer had a Duryea underframe. Bob Witt

Tim, The Speedwitch model follows the "solid design". Make note that it is specific to modeling the Duryea underframes as applied to the B&O Classes M-26D/26E. The biggest difference is later designs

B&O 285471, an M-56 built 1952 (late solid?) It would be solid type that used pressed steel cross-bearers. Also the Duryea design changed in the 1940s to accommodate the standard AAR "Z" center sills.

FWIW I agree with Todd. When I look closely at the photo I see a second roof on top of the original roof of this former box car. Something one would see on a "shed". Bob Witt

George, These B&O diagrams may help with the basic dimensions. Bob Witt