On p. 26 of Tom Fetters' book on the Piedmont & Northern is a full-page photo of one of the P&N's articulated electric locomotives pulling a string of flatcars, of which the first two are visible. The

Thanks for that; answered a question on another tank car photo I have (NSOX 328) - North Star Oil was absorbed into Shell Canada. I can send you a copy if you want - I have digital copy from the origi

Sunray Oil, perhaps? Just at a blind-fire guess. Slightly related, in that it is tank cars: I have a photo of a tank car marked "Union Oil Co of Canada, Vancouver, BC", UOKX 10010. Did this have anyth

I've seen it used for making bridge piers; I don't know if there had been any filing or other cleanup work done to the parts, but they looked very sharp. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydro

I looked at their website last night as well, and did not see the kit that I bought. The addendum sheet packed with the kit has a date of 2/96 printed on it, so it's possible that this kit is long sin

Well, I've taken the plunge and switched from TT to HO (the reasons are many, but most importantly, that it will be easier to achieve the level of accuracy I'd like in HO than TT), though starting sma

I hope this is related enough to the group's field, but does anyone know of where ICC valuation reports are stored and are accessible to the public? I already know the docket and volume numbers I want

For a number of reasons, I've started to seriously consider, if not completely switching, then to venture into HO scale modeling. To this end, I'd like to find a few Sunshine kits to get started; if i

Now that's funny. Nobody noticed this until after the car was painted up? Separately, what was the occasion for painting that one-off? Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/ind

I don't know the date, but I think in the late 50s or early 60s the Lehigh Valley did up at least one car with a full-side system map. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/ind

Dean, Thanks for the clarification on the W&LE cars. So then, I've got a list like this: MC 99500-99999 (2-panel 7+7 inverse - "Vulcan"); P&N 1100-1123 (some; 2-panel 7+7 or 8+8 extruding - "Vulcan" i

I think I'm more confused on the question of vertically-ribbed boxcar ends than I was when I first discovered them. What exactly was what? The simplest one is the "Atlas" end, illustrated in a drawing

Dave and everyone, Yeah, it must be what I'm seeing. It looks like the truck has wing-like things sticking out to either side of the journal boxes. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.h

On p22 of the Pere Marquette Revenue Freight Cars book, the pic of #30196 has another set of trucks I've never seen before. Does anyone who has this book know what these trucks are? Frank Valoczy Vanc

In the Bessemer & Lake Erie book by Roy Beaver (Golden West, 1969), I found two pictures that caught my attention. One, there is a picture of a boxcar numbered 90000, with the comment that this was th

Scratchbuilding the various extruded ends is, relatively speaking, not a difficult thing (unless it's a Deco or certain NSC ends, maybe). But, when it comes to ends with inverted ribs, I'm at a loss a

Thank you, Al. In looking through this I notice that the railway called a given car one thing (by 'AAR code'), where sometimes the ORER differs in what it calls it. As I understand it, the railways se

And as often, they're not. But yes, I understand your points. I've been both lucky in finding good things for very cheap (Fetters' P&N book for $25), and unlucky and being forced to pay stupid prices

Richard, Information on the Votian language is also readily available in Vancouver... to me, as I have more on the subject than all the libraries including the universities in the region (and probably

Did some more research on this subject, and have been able to come up with some lists (mostly incomplete) for ATSF (and SFRD), ACL (and daughters C&WC and CN&L), B&O, CB&Q, Clinchfield, NC&StL, NH, N&