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:

Those are YSD-2A doors using Ed Hawkin's nomenclature --- ITC series 6500-6849 built 1947 ACF lot 3063 10p rivet YSD-2A doors 4/4 IDE RP roof 7-rung AJAX brake GYPSUM (/TRANSCO) rb Railmodel Journal 1

same car class, renumbered and reclassified from O-30 to X-12 On 5/23/2023 2:09 PM, Dave Nelson wrote:

Ted That's true of most 1970's photos too. And quite a few 1980's photos. YMMV. On 5/23/2023 1:08 PM, ted schnepf wrote:

Bachmann is an importer of model trains. The factory made stuff from museum-quality to Tyco Toss garbage. What comes to America I guess is based on their assessment of the US model trains market. Haha

This is from the 1960's. That's forbidden, no ? :-) (IC Water Street yard in downtown Chicago) On 5/23/2023 12:28 PM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io wrote:

Definitely not a Bx-37. I think it might be a Bx-62 built at the Topeka shops in 1952, series 38000 to 38699. Notice the improved Youngstown door, plus the 4/4 ends, completely rules out the Bx-37. Th

Dan I've wondered about that for years! There is a single series 100-199 listed in the 1955 ORER, and it's populated by just ONE car. If you find a photo, please post it !! :-) On 5/15/2023 3:40 PM, D

that's a spectacular photo! :-) On 5/15/2023 1:56 PM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io wrote: