Thank you, Dennis. You're a pretty good sleuth! Todd Sullivan

Ken - My January 1952 ORER shows DL&W series 11300-11599 as 40'-7" IL double door boxcars with 12'-6" wide door openings, AAR mech designation XMR (auto racks installed). This is the same number serie

Schuyler, I also found it hard to read that line in my ORER. Guess I need new glasses, LOL! I will do that as soon as we get to the point with the corona virus where I feel comfortable being close to

Hi Nathan, Roundhouse made a similar model but it had a variety of problems such as the enter outlet bay pointed in the wrong direction relative to the B end and minimal detailing. The Atlas model is

Fenton - That's a right nice looking car! Lots of complicated looking hardware on the roof for the hatches, and such a clean look otherwise. The lettering says they were used for cement. Were they use

Hi John, As you may be aware, Life Like Proto 2000 did a short height Mather boxcar in plastic with separate grabs, etc. some years back. The schemes included MWR, MRS, PHD, TC, IN, ACY and FDDMS. The

And, according to Tony Koester, the cars were often used for back-hauls of sand for the factory. I spent a few weeks in Marion, IN in the early 2000s rehab'ing a house for Habitat for Missionaries, an

The Fallbrook Railway was built from semi-bituminous coal fields in the Southern Tier of New York and Northern Tier of Pennsylvania to the Corning, NY area to haul coal for the Corning Glass Works. To

I think that MC auto boxcar is similar or the same as the Westerfield kits here https://id18538.securedata.net/westerfieldmodels.com/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=98_295 Todd Sullivan

Hi Tom, I think this tank car body is from an insulated pressure tank car. The 'dome' is pretty small for a tank of this size, and pressure cars (Athearn 'chemical' tank car and offerings by Atlas and

The trucks are National B-1. Todd Sullivan

This car has a resemblance to Mather stock cars - the diagonal channel at the ends and the bracing on the ends, in particular. Any thoughts, anyone? Todd Sullivan

Tim, Thanks for the correction! I learned the difference from Brian Lippert's post of the National advt shortly after I made my post. Todd Sullivan

Woodchips, most likely for paper manufacture. The SP sent a lot of chips up their line to Portland and on via the NP to Longview Fiber in Longview WA. Todd Sullivan

The Spruce Division was part of the U.S.'s WWI effort to increase war material production. In those days, aircraft were made mostly of wood (spruce) and fabric. That's where the majority of the spruce

Yes, but this is the USA Spruce Division, and these guys are LOGGERS. Strong men! Todd Sullivan

I built my own probably 30 years ago using 1/8" hardboard for the bottom, sides and back, with triangular cross section molding where the panels joined. I added a vertical slot at the back for a stand

Bruce - Got it! I did not know that about the fans, and that will simplify my search for a replacement. Thanks! Todd Sullivan

I believe that the dock with the 6 masted schooner is at SP's lumber wharf on the Willamette River in East Portland, Oregon. I also think it is more likely that the schooner would be loading lumber fo

Crown Flour Mills was located more or less opposite Portland Union Station in Portland, OR - a little northwest, actually, as Albers Feed was directly opposite the depot. In the 1960s, Crown changed t