Bob Chaparro wrote: Must have been great climbing those wood end ladders in rain or snow. Tony Thompson tony@...

ken akerboom wrote: Just a poor modeling job <vbg>. Tony Thompson tony@...

Rich Yoder wrote: Thanks, Rich! Superb photos, couldn't be more clear. And the whitewashing for instructional purposes certainly makes everything completely understandable. (Good pedagogy, you might s

Bob Chaparro wrote: Excellent photo. I have browsed a little in the Robert Yarnall Richie collection at SMU, and they are superb images. He was a commercial photographer, and must have had a lot of ra

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Thanks, Jim. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks, Bruce. So are you building the PRR ice car? <g> Tony Thompson tony@...

Me too, Brian. Tony Thompson tony@...

I've recently completed a Westerfield kit, no. 10864, for a Santa Fe ice car conversion. A photo of the model is below. I have also written a summary of ice car operations, as they apply on my layout,

Mansell Peter Hambly wrote: The good news is that Jack White did a great job with the book HE wrote. The bad news is that he had Donald Duke for his publisher. Duke (understandably) didn't like the ma

Bob Chaparrowrote: CDLX 728 and 740. CDL served the California wine industry for decades with leased cars, until selling the fleet to GATC in the 1950s. Tony Thompson tony@...

Charlie Vlk wrote: Around the turn of the 20th century, they were called "flush" doors. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bob Chaparro wrote: Heck with ignoring the flat car! That's a terrific load, a power shear, from Mesta Machine. Tony Thompson tony@...

David Lehlbach wrote: Actually, David, I was agreeing with Bruce's opinion that the Type 17 doesn't allow one to, as it were, "create a complete GATC fleet." As a 1953 modeler, I have four of your Typ

Dave Parker (in an informative post) wrote: And when quite a few smaller leasing companies went under, or changed business model, and sold their entire fleets to GATC. Richard Hendrickson tracked a lo

Bruce Smith wrote: Well said, Mr. Smith. Tony Thompson tony@...

mel perry wrote: You obviously haven't ever looked at the book on Billboard Reefers by Richard Hendrickson and Ed Kaminski. Tony Thompson tony@...

George Courtney wrote: Interesting photos! Nice to see clear images of freight cars like this. Has to be before 1937, given the billboard reefers. Tony Thompson tony@...

Elden Gatwood wrote: Maybe delivering bulk chocolate for the Clark Bar factory (yum!) -- speaking of favorites in the 'Burgh. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bob Chaparro wrote: Absolutely. There were many grades of scrap, and value depended on grade. Particularly post-production scrap was easy to segregate and many loads depict that. (Not the modeler's fa