In sorting through all my stash of trucks, I came across a pair Accurail Andrews (#203 w/metal wheels) trucks that are probably 70 ton but are like size gargantuan compared to Tichy and TMW Andrews tr

must have been bagged cement.

Do you know the date of the station record? According to the Jan 1953 ORER, 573534 for the Pennsy was X29 class boxcar.

A little more background on Phenol. I worked with Phenol years ago at Essex Magnet Wire. It’s a dangerous chemical causing burns and is absorbed through the skin, and exposure to a lot can be fatal. T

Was looking at a partial page of a station record. Showed a carload of cement out of Des Moines Ia. (two cement plants there) was shocked at the initials. Here they are plus the number. Curious as to

Friends, Catalin Corporation of America operated just two cars in October 1958 (entry actually submitted October 1954): CCNX 1 and 4. These were both 8,000 gallon TL tank cars. The lettering seen in t

Yes, they are 28” wheels Roger Hinman

I couldn’t read the reweigh date on it but I suspect the date is more likely post war as the black box behind the reweigh came in about that time. Perhaps someone can ID the model year of the car park

The poling pocket location on the bolster is typical for the GATC Type 30 underframe. David Thompson

The Passenger Car List has a pdf in their files section with nice new list of available passenger car trucks which shows a picture of the prototype in the left column and the pictures of available mod

Hi List Members, Tank car CCNX 1 in 1955 at Lukens Steel. Note the unusual position of the poling pockets, and the unusual dome. https://digital.hagley.org/72360_0717 https://digital.hagley.org/72360_

Hi List Members, Cool image of gondola NYC 715035 with load in 1960 at Lukens Steel. Note the gon has some kind of internal (possibly semi-permanent?) structure to help brace the load https://digital.

Friends, The transformers we've been talking about were pretty massive, even for 1937. I've attached some photos of much smaller transformers that were used at the Pacific Gas & Electric powerhouse in

Photo: MDT Reefer 5798(?) A circa 1940 photo from the Huntington Library: https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/3170/rec/77 This photo can be enlarged quite a bit. The reefer is

Fascinating views of a very interesting special movement. It would be interesting to know the full routing and the work by the shipper, consignee and the carriers involved to put together and modify t

RJ Dial wrote: I am the person that posted Richard's original text and all the updates he did, at his request, and I have his original writings. If there are "rights" I have them. If anyone wants to m

Helper Service: Trane Diesel Generator Inside Mechanical Reefer Does anyone have a photo of a Trane diesel generator inside a Santa Fe mechanical reefer? I need a photo as reference for a project. Tha

The June 2018 issue of Model Railroad Hobbyist featured an article by Richard Bale on freight car trucks. It's an in-depth article with many illustrations. Here is a link: http://mrhpub.com/2018-06-ju

Richard: I'm not sure your are going to get any closer than the Bowser Crowns. Except for that photo, I don't offhand recall seeing 100-ton Andrews trucks. There was no USRA design for them (those top

Transformers Doug Auburg commented: I’m not an expert on the cars but after working for an electrical utility for 30 years I can offer some insights on utility practices. Transformers are shipped w/o