RJ, there were still 31 of the WP cars in the July 1963 ORER. But the series was gone by 1965. All or nearly all of the WP cars disappeared from service for a period 1951-1952 (? not sure) until the 1

The WP reefers were clones of the R-30-13 but bore no PFE class stencils. The survivors were rebuilt in the early 1950s. On 6/5/2023 2:43 AM, Jim Mischke wrote:

The original kit came with white metal Royal F slack adjusters, a bit oversized. Whether these are present on the possible prototypes (BREX or FGEX) might be worth looking into. Also some prototype ca

1952 sounds right to me. Before 1970 Warren had been absorbed into Gulf Oil, and the number series of these cars was depleted in 1970, consisting of a small group of 10500 to 11000 gallon tank cars. (

Frame cars travel empty just as far as loaded -- One can always model the empty cars !! :-) On 5/30/2023 4:09 PM, Craig Wilson wrote:

C&NW yard, State Street B-10 SAL 24145 was built in 1948 On 5/26/2023 2:22 PM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io wrote:

Another possibility would be to get hold of one of the old plastic 50 foot FGE mechanical reefer flat kits that I think were originally Pacific HO. I have seen the kits sell for $10 and for that you c

here's a corner of FGEX 292 :-) On 5/31/2023 4:54 PM, Ted Larson via groups.io wrote:

I'm pretty sure Precision Scale #15596 is the PRR K8 model with the longitudinal boards roof On 5/26/2023 9:08 AM, Brent Greer wrote:

Coal also came to New England via the D&H (Lanesboro/Carbondale/Mechanicville route) and the NYC/B&A (from West Virginia). In the 1990's I think barge transfers were initiated via Providence (or New L

The B&M served coal fired electric power plants in MA and NH for sure, and continued into the 2000's I think if not later. So even with the near disappearance of retail coal, power plant coal continue

Chuck The B-50-34 class cars had "Murphy" rectangular panel roofs The B-50-35 class cars had radial roofs -- cars from the same lot as CGW and B&LE cars On 5/26/2023 3:16 PM, Chuck Cover wrote:

Chuck "Serves All The West" is on the left side of the car, and "Road Of The Streamliners" on the right. As far as I can tell from photos of various cars in this paint scheme. On 5/26/2023 1:27 PM, Ch

Are you guys talking about the 1940-1953 FGE reefers PDF document from Bill Welch, or something else? I thought a copy of it was in the groups.io files, no? If not, I have a PDF with this cover (attac

Those tiny drills were what sold me on the Brazelton when I saw it at the RPI open house show. He was nonchalantly drilling hole after invisible hole with a drill bit way smaller than a #80 into a pla

I think it was Tim Gilbert who found that a significant percentage of ALL box car loadings (at least before 1940) was LCL traffic. Years ago I remember someone showed me a PRR book of some kind that l

pictures from large LCL facilities around Chicago show very diverse ownership of the cars parked there... even at smaller depots on the SP there are often cars other than SP's own cars. So yeah why no

Steve Nice low cost tool, and a great speed range! Of course what made my hobby Brazelton drill press so expensive 30 yrs ago at $350 (!) was the use of the Albrecht high precision chuck! Here's a sta

Wow. And you can zoom in to see everything in detail. This needs to be printed on a giant poster and hung on a wall. On 5/21/2023 12:15 PM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io wrote:

Jim Just based on the type of the cars and known Dow businesses, my guess is that the facility produces caustic soda. On 5/21/2023 3:30 PM, Jim Mischke wrote: