I do have one photo of a HyGrade reefer, circa 1929. The attached photo is of the loading area of the Decker meat plant in Mason City, from a Decker Brochure. The reefer with the prominent “Decker” on

This is what I have on HyGrade the company. I do not have anything on their reefers, and all my reference material is packed for an upcoming move. Hygrade Food Products dates back to the 1800s. To Cen

The replacement depot in Guthrie Center was a Rock Island combine. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

True there were grain un-loaders as Dan describes. Photos attached. Usually installed are very large terminal grain ports, where time was crucial, ie to load a waiting ship. Or where a large number of

Good photo showing the use of a “power” shovel. Note the pulley on the lower edge of the photo and the man holding the cable used to pull the shovel, via an overhead winch or motor. There should be tw

Having watched barges and tows on the Mississippi River, I know there are winches on the barge, used to tighten all lines. There are also large binders used by the crew to tighten lines that are not d

The load looks like sugar beets to me. It is quite possible the car got offline and was “borrowed” during the beet season. Ohio raised a lot of sugar beets, so the car did not have to travel too far o

Charlie, Google books is your friend. https://books.google.com/books?id=YhUlAAAAMAAJ&hl=en This page is from the July 1904 ORER and shows 2 locomotives and 27 freight cars. Doug Harding www.iowacentra

Yes, it’s a three way switch, with one leg being used in a crossover. Commercial component readily available to model that trackwork, in most scales. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

In a conversation with Dave Grandt, when I was writing a review of the kit for RMC (Jan 2002), he told me the two kits were based on oil jobbers he saw and photographed in Colorado, New Mexico and Tex

That is the kit. The photo looks like the same photo Grandt Line used. When I spoke with the San Juan people at the Narrow Gauge Convention in Sacramento, their intention was to return the kit to prod

Here is the best I can offer. All have a small pulley outside the car door, which routes the pulling cable. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Nice shot showing power shovels in use. But even better is the modification on the grain door behind the men to fit a 7’ foot opening. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Bob I have a record showing a PRR stockcar on the MSTL in Iowa, coming with load from S St Paul MN in the late 40s. So lesser known PRR cars did get around. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Looks like it is white, should be silver Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Note the car is linked to a neighboring car with a drawbar, held in place with a pin in the coupler missing the knuckle. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Clark, Vallejo makes two versions of their acrylic paint. One called Model Color is for brush-on application. The other is called Model Air and is thinned for airbrushing. According to their website t

Attached is a digital copy of Records Relating to North American Railroads, Compiled by David Pfeiffer, Reference Information Paper 91 National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 2001

I did not look at rolling stock records, but during my forays into the ICC records at the National Archives in Suitland and later College Park, I have found very few photos. I was mostly looking at st

ART had Belt-Line rivet rows on reefers. https://www.amarillorailmuseum.com/art-car-history-and-kit ART starting building this new design in 1939 using kits provided by ACF with the new belt line rive