Thats some big coal in the N&W gondola in the first picture. What industry in St Louis would use something that big? Scott McDonald

Robert, I agree with your assessment 100%. In the middle picture, there are 2 diesel switchers in the background. I am 99% sure the one to the left is a Wabash SW-1. Not sure about the ALCo on the rig

Oops, I made an error, this is two-car series 67051-67053 (odd only), not series 67053-67054 Claus Schlund

or what my high school mechanical drawing teacher called "the Pitha Gorian theorem"[0], ... He was of Veneto extraction, though, ergo forgivable. [0] sqrt(x^2 + y^2)

Hi Bob and List Members, Thanks Bob for another great image. Regarding the image date, I think I see 10-36 stencilled on ERIE 7209, so it cannot be 1935... Regarding the car CMStP&P 67053, it is one c

Ed: This helps a lot. I have these files downloaded and in paper form, should have pulled this one also to see what it had. My best guess is the bolter-to-bolster sidesill is the major difference in t

Well, if you know the 3-4-5 rule . . . Tony Thompson tony@...

and I didn't need to cheat

The major difference is the straight side sill from bolster to bolster. Information on these cars can be found here. Steam Era Freight Cars - Postwar AAR Box Cars - As Built Steam Era Freight Cars - P

Brian Carlsonwrote: I agree, and used an upgraded Walthers body to do a Santa Fe car. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tom, Well, maybe for something else, but personally I would have fixed the problem myself rather than hang on to a car that was obviously designed wrong. OTOH, I still have a pristine but empty can of

As these photos are from St. Louis, I wanted to determine which yard was the subject of these three photographs. I determined that they are actually an industrial yard in north St. Louis City in the n

Photo: Gondola Load Of Christmas Coal For The Needy (1940) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/46258/rec/1 Scroll on the

Photo: St. Louis Syrup Refining Co. Tank Car 201 (Undated) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/34180/rec/1 Scroll on the

Photo: SSW Boxcar 32000 (1928) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/13034/rec/8 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Cha

Photo: MKT Boxcar 91500 (1950) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/11859/rec/7 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Cha

Photos: Assorted Freight Cars In St. Louis (Undated) Photos from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/13798/rec/2 https://cdm17228.co

Photo: Chemical Processing Vessel On Flat Cars (Circa 1935) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/12440/rec/1 Not SSW flatc

Ron, Perhaps the notes column of my Postwar AAR R+3-4 IDN (1948-1954) roster would help to define the differences of the prototype cars vs. the Branchline model. For these Wabash box cars the side sil

They did - and pretty quickly. Should have kept my one example. Tom Madden