Thanks, Charlie, now I know what mine needs done! Schuyler

A pretty dubious distinction from a real estate point of view! OTOH, a predecessor to the now ubiquitous “needle towers” with one condo per floor in NYC. Schuyler

And to be clear, my friend Ben and his dad were not photographing that flat car in the early 50s. He believes that picture of the two of them (his dad and the car) was taken in the early 80s. Remarkab

A follow-up on this. I circulated the model photo to my friend Ben Dibble, who send me back a prototype photo of the same car and the same load! “Dad” is his father who was “standing next to the car f

Ed, I thought the ERIE had a four-truck flat as pictured in that ad, but after going through ALL the diagrams in the ERIE diagram book available on Fallen Flags (more convenient that actually getting

Thanks, Claus. ERIE was famous for high and wide loads, thanks to the original six-foot gauge and resulting clearances. Schuyler

Interesting. I received six images on the first email. Schuyler

Thanks Roger. Schuyler

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Clamps, Gary. Specially cast clamps to hold the ladder stiles close to the car at the midpoint. There are similar clamps at the top and bottom of the ladders, particularly noticeable at the end ladder

Just catching this thread . . . So what’s happened? Has the car been preserved? Has some museum been made aware of the car? Is there hope that an essentially museum piece of a freight car will be give

Well, Kevin, looks like you probably have scans of the article by Chuck Yungkurth. But if you are still looking, I brought home a copy of the magazine from the North Shore club’s library last night. A

Impressive kitbash in the Nearly iNvisble scale! Schuyler

Personally, I thought the star of the show was ERIE 94547 in the middle of all those tank cars . . . 😊 Schuyler

I know that is one of the variations. I suspect, for no good reason except I think I’ve seen a photo, the NH version is likely. Schuyler

Elden, I recognize that car, at least the general design, as a GSC 58’ depressed center flat. It could indeed have been an ERIE car, 7260-7265, rated at 125 tons, but other railroads had these as well

Pronounced “Frate Kars.” C&NW 48009 with LARGE load https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/51112096521/ and here’s the other side. That’s one big impeller. https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrige

Armco = metal siding. Schuyler

Effective and clever. Schuyler

Agreed the original image was dark, thanks for prepping it so we can see. I’ve seen archbar trucks like that before. But what I’m curious about is what IS that load? Schuyler