Hi folks- Years ago, after discovering one of these Cotton Belt USRA Clone DS double door rebuilds in the Henderson box car book, I made a scale drawing. The cars seem to have been in the 46000 series

Spot on, except that nobody is calling the railcar a coach. Yellow Truck and Coach is the builder of the truck. It was an offshoot if the Yellow Cab empire, and though only a minor truck maker, was a

Hi Bob and List Members, I notice the container is numbered C-40. Does that mean there is a C-1 thru C-39 also? You can see the image at full resolution, without having to walk and chew gum at the sam

Bob Chaparro asked: "Identity Of This Car? (Undated) A photo from the Detroit Public Library: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A256620 Click and hold to

TMER&LCo is The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company, a large electric street and interurban railway operation in and around Milwaukee, WI that also hauled freight. I think the "coach" is actual

For starters, google TMER&L, no periods required. Schuyler

Identity Of This Car? (Undated) A photo from the Detroit Public Library: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A256620 Click and hold to enlarge photo. Descri

Hi Does anyone know if the ATSF hauled sugar beets in California in the early 1950s if so whereabouts. Many thanks Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bill - You are correct.

Mangled that. Meant Way of the Zephyrs. Rob

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/fsac/1a34000/1a34800/1a34818u.tif Two more CB&Q cars are evident in the back of this photo - both are near the centre (side to side), and (counting fro

It is my understanding that Hastings grown potatoes are particularly well suited for Potato Chips. Bill Welch

Checking the ORER's All coal cars from 1893 on were in the 3xxxx series the 32963 is not listed in the March 1899 ORER Listed in the Jun 1900 ORER with an interior of 33ft. Howard Garner

I like the roof (and roofwalk) colors And note the ratio of wood roofwalks (most) to steel (very few) Ken

Understood, but I later said I used semi-gloss and satin, not gloss. Nelson Moyer

Nelson Moyer wrote: It's quite true that freshly painted prototype freight cars were glossy. But within a month on the road, that shine had become dull, as numerous photos of very recently built but n

Good thing no one is suggesting oversimplification. Rob

Here’s another photo from the Library of Congress Farm/War Admin collections: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/fsac/1a34000/1a34800/1a34815u.tif Rob

Photos are good for weathering, chalk marks, etc. but not so good for color. There are two basic approaches to painting freight cars, paint for a new car paint job and weather according to age after p

Fair enough. But I like to start with a photo and go from there. One of my challenges is that 1950’s paint isn’t a great reference for my 1946 model era. And my other challenge is that I wasn’t born y