There was a 40’ automobile truss rod box car with Hutchins ends too! They are covered in a Southern Rails article from the 90s. The Southern had a relatively large an interesting fleet of cars.

This helps me. Thanks. What I’m taking away: Trucks have many parts and features and any aspect may be subject to patent. Names used by industry might or might not refer to a consistent entity. So try

I find myself going back to this: If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well

I thought is was autocorrect for ORER. We were both mistaken. lol

Meaningful work to whom? I’m sure the negotiation and lawsuits on reimbursement and value were meaningful to someone after control was returned to railroads by USRA. Not meaningful to modelers? sure b

404 error on link, but found this by going to root: https://www.pacificng.com/template.php?page=/ref/color/index.php

Excellent offerings. You can’t please all the people all the time, but this line pleases me. Backdating the Barrett will be fun and will have a so much better result than a Sunshine kit (unless you’re

Exactly. One could argue there have been computers since the 19th century, but they weren’t visible in society until after WWII and not commonly visible until 1970s or 1980s. 1000 industrial lift truc

Fenton’s right. They came with T-brace, early and late Hutchins ends, but no buckeye end version have I heard of. Westerfield has a good description of these car variants and models of each. Interesti

Not sure which series the MKT car is, but Ray’s notes at Eric’s site should include length of service: http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/accurail-prototype-data/

I have two "modernized" or "rebuilt" Santa Fe BX-0/14 boxcar kits (Westerfield 7852 and 7862 from Crossville, TN so gray resin flat kits). I am looking to trade for two different Westerfield Santa Fe

This problem of material preservation is like internet security: it is a goal, but never a certainty. Data on steam era freight cars is preserved better than you might have expected from reading the f

Consider these: https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/tools/bending-pliers/

Larry, I now have a concrete example of what the ICC documentation for rolling stock would look like. Tony Thompson mentioned the "53" section, and I dug around in my backlog of documents. Here is wha

Tony, The original question for this thread was whether photographs of rolling stock and details by class were included in the ICC valuation. I agree that values for freight cars (by enumeration and r

David Pfeiffer is retired. There is no one there right now that fills his shoes in terms of passion for railroads, although many of the archivists are friendly and helpful. David is still active--I ha

The question does not have a precise answer because the change would have had to occur over time. When did Southern executives decide to change the color? About 1953-4. When did the last of Southern f

Tim, What makes you think it is not a US prototype? I'm trying to develop my observational skills so any help would be appreciated. I confess I'm not great at detail spotting, but I've seen side dump

I agree with Dave Parker that groups.io is superior for most functions. What I have found Facebook useful for is developing sources outside rail-oriented people for historical photos and information.

Re: [RealSTMFC] C&O Burro Crane Photos When were burro cranes or their like first introduced? Dave Bott Friday, June 19, 2020, 11:04:26 AM, you wrote: Locomotive cranes were found on the C&O, though a