Kooks to have been a poor investment having lasted only 20 years. No doubt this is one reason railroads themselves were often hesitant to invest in reefers. Did we ever figure out and agree on when th

Cheer up Claus, the Pennsy gon looks a lot more capable of handling that tank than the sagging flat bed trailer it was on in the photo that first came up! The trailer looked like it had a John Allen a

The car to the right appears to be a Erie car with an end door. I'll leave the rest to tjose with better computer ability than I possess. My best, Don Valentine

hello Allen, I'd be interested in some etched walkways and platform decks for the same lines of tank cars. Also have a tank car question. Back in the late 1990's my late friend Bob Witbeck, a kit-bash

Not having attended Cocoa Beach as yet I don't believe I ever met Greg Martin unless at Napierville 20 years ago this year. I have followed his Shake & Take projects each year for several, however, an

Hi Brian, From my study of met reefers with the late Bob Witbeck in the mid and late 1990's I'd suggest that in the five year time frame between Hygrade purchasing Kingan in 1952 and your 1957 modelin

Hi Tim, As a New Englander you are aware I expect of the fact that both the B&N and New Haven bought surplus troop sleepers and converted them into baggage and baggage mail cars. Given the problems as

Thanks Garth, Unfortunately the D&H had no 50 ft. box cars in my era when the 17000 series 40 ft. steel cars they rostered were the longest boxcars they had. Lots of 36 ft. wood sheathed cars were sti

Hi Tim, Unfortunately ORER's don't provide any info regarding use or usual routes. They do, However, tell me that your ATSF 10338 was one of 50 cars in the 10300-10350 group that list no special featu

With Todd having raised questions about the Santa Fe's 50 ft. Auto/Furniture cars I'd like to raise some further questions. When I was in high school I used to keep a record of the reporting marks and

What makes you think the freight shed roof was tar paper covered? A heavier paper with granulated slate just like architect shingles have is available in roll form as well in the same width as a roll

More likely a USRA clone from the mid-1920's constructed with 7 over 8 rib ends that was rebuilt in the 1930's with a 3 rib extension added to the top to increase the cubic capacity. My best, Don Vale

Hold on Schuyler! I did not say granite on Rutland flat cars. The proper load is MARBLE! The west side of the Green Mountains in Vermont , in other words Rutland territory, is primarily dolomitic rock

Garth and others, Lets not overook the "Coast Guard Yard flat car in the same grop of photos that was also constructed in anuary 1943. The more we look I suspect the more we will find with 11 stake po

Hi Schuyler, The AC&Y #3179 appears to be a type of Mather car I am not famiiar with but I agree, it's a car with character and kind of neat. Think it was an older type attemted to look it up in my Ap

Actually Monsanto Chemical had a car of two like the Eastman car that operated out of their plant in Revere. Mass., just north of Boston. Years ago someone made a foil wrapper for a kit of these cars.

I agree Schuyler, and look at the neat ptches on the door in which a sheet of what was probably galvanized sheet metal was nailed over the deteriorated wood. Talk about a rudimentary repair job!! My b

With regard to seat cushions Doug Harding wrote, "It was a metal seat with holes, for ventilation as well as drainage". On some the "holes" were slots through which straps passed that could be attache

Hello again folks, As most of us are aware, a nimber f roads rebuiilt doble sheathed boxcars especially in the ten years from 1935 to 1945 using Youngstown Steel Kits of new steel sides that allowed t

Hello folks, Looking for something else this morning in my 1940 CarBuilders I ran across a photo ad of an Erie #7500 series 50 ft., 3 in. flat car with an "extra wide" 10 ft. 2 in. deck that "allows l