After the Second World War the Railway Express Agency rebuilt a number of troop sleepers into express refrigerator cars. The late Lou Cross took this photo in Los Angeles in the early 1950s. I origina

Last month Bob Chaparro posted this link https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/USA_019_SP_Portland_Ore._2.jpg to a photo showing an SP freight train passing the Safeway Produce Warehouse

The Atlas HO model of a Swift meat reefer has two hinges per door while the Rapido model has three per door. J Lancaster

Atlas has announced new paint schemes at Atlas HO 1932 ARA Box Car. Are any of them accurate? Jim Lancaster Atlas HO 1932 ARA Box Car A goal of the American Railway Association (ARA) in the early 1920

Wine was not always shipped in multi-compartment tank cars. Single compartment tank cars were also used. See some examples at http://coastdaylight.com/chatmart/cmwx_roster_1.html. Multi-compartment ca

I have added new photos of Chateau Martin wine cars (ex-milk cars) to my CM web page. http://coastdaylight.com/chatmart/cmwx_roster_1.html Jim Lancaster

Additional information: According to my Chateau Martin roster at http://coastdaylight.com/chatmart/cmwx_roster_3.html, CMWX 101-105 were class TL (5 cars), 106-153 were class BMT (34 cars) and 154-100

Atlas says these are new paint schemes. http://www.atlasrr.com/HOFreight/ho1932boxcar4.htm Are any of the cars prototypically accurate? Jim Lancaster

The IM R-40-23 came first. Jim Lancaster

Atlas has announced new paint schemes for their HO USRA steel rebuilt box cars http://www.atlasrr.com/HOFreight/hosteelrebuilt3.htm Are any of these prototypically correct? Jim Lancaster

I have added six new photos of Chateau Martin wine cars (ex-milk cars) to my CM web page. The photos were taken between 1956 and 1973. http://coastdaylight.com/chatmart/cmwx_roster_1.html Jim Lancaste

On 9/26 RMC wrote on their Facebook page "Due to a change in our printing production schedule, your magazines are going to arrive a little later than you're used to. We appreciate your patience. We ap

There was also a location named Dixon on the UP near Ontario, CA. See http://coastdaylight.com/ljames1/scph_sb_dixon.html Jim Lancaster

So far I've had no problems with mice. Jim

I use a mixture of anise seeds and bulgar wheat. The seed-wheat mix is then mixed with some beet-colored weathering powder. Jim Lancaster

Interesting photos taken in the area south of Cheviot Hills in West Los Angeles. They bring back lots of memories. I lived in Cheviot Hills and went to school at the Overland Avenue Elementary School

I have added 19 new photos of Chateau Martin wine tank cars to my CMWX web page at http://coastdaylight.com/chatmart/cmwx_roster_1.html The new photos show mostly cars not previously covered. Several

Chateau Martin cars were also used between Waterford CA and New York City. Chateau Martin had a winery in Waterford and also performed car repairs there. Another winery that shipped wine for Chateau M

Yes. I drove by it about two weeks ago and there were five or six boxcars spotted at the dock. Jim Lancaster

I went to Cajon Pass that day in 1964 to photograph passenger trains. I'm glad the freight cars are of interest as well. Jim Lancaster