As the new RCW kit for these cars are now being shipped, I was wondering if anyone had additional photos of the cars. The RCW site has three builder's photos of the cars when they were in the 324000 s

Andy, Out of curiosity, I went to Google maps and looked for the C. Reiss plant. No such luck, though the building may still exist. A street address would help. However, a closed C. Reiss "coal field"

Just got mine and it is VERY complete. Excellent Fenton

C Reiss also had a coal briquette plant in Green Bay on the Milwaukee Road at the southwest corner of State and 7th Streets (near their large 2-gantry coal yard on the Fox River). It was operated seas

Bill, I second that emotion! The work is encyclopedic. Thank you Pat Wider! John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026

The same look and feel . . . except of course that it’s 385 pages. A very hefty volume indeed. The photos include variations over time of paint schemes and also some exotica , such as the C&O waffle-e

I have not seen this new issue mentioned on the list, unless I completely missed it, but I received my copy of RPCyc 35 today. It is everything you wanted to know about the 1937 boxcar including 180 p

in 1945 (13 cars) and 1947 (7 cars) (best as I can determine right now) the B&M sold some pulpwood racks to the West Virginia Pulp & Paper co. (later Westvaco) Do these show up in any ORERs of the per

What era? Teens? Twenties? Thirties? Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I’ve been a PWV fan for years but lack of available locos kept me at bay. I like their black boxcars. Brian

Oneof these cars was covered in one of Ted's Essential Freight Cars series and he also offered a kit for the car. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I'm pretty sure there's PL&E lettering for that car in Ted's NYC box car set. At least that's what I used...He also makes/made the correct door. Clark Propst

Elden, I'm not into the P&WV, but do you have Greg Martin's September 1993 MM article on modeling their boxcars? If you need a copy, please meet me off group. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Group; I really want to engage with people that are kmowlegeable about the P&WV’s freight car fleet. Please reply. Thanks! Elden Gatwood

Dennis, Yes, charcoal briquettes. My the way, the coal in bags dispensed from Consumers Coal and Ice were coal briquettes also. Not sure if that was the term used for this type of coal, though. Thanks

The C Reiss briquette plant was (may still be) in Superior, WI along Winter Street, not far from where the NP's grassy Point bridge was/is. Coal transloading was not big in the ports, it was huge. See

Mont, Do you by chance mean 'briquettes'? Charcoal is carbonized wood, not coal. I can't even begin to imagine the taste of prime steaks grilled over... soft coal. Yuck! As to coal briquettes, yes, C.

I almost forgot. You may want to contact Jerry Glow. He is one of the best in the business and can provide P&LE USRA SS Box Car decals. Contact him here: jerryglow@... Rich Christie

I emailed Ted recently about the same set. He told me he is going to re-release them soon. Rich Christie

Bravo Claus, this is one of about 5,000 such cars all basically the same that C&O rostered into the 1960's. And aren't those Barber 50 ton trucks with spring planks under there? Are you listening in J