I'll bet most roads disposed of most of the cars since the lime in cement takes it toll on the steel. On the DL&W the gons were retired. Some lasted in non-revenue service, but overall the cars were t

These were an East Coast item only, used to support the building boom in Manhattan 1930s-1950s. The cement bottles were marked for LCL Corporation, an MDT subsidiary. Railroads which ran them modified

One of the reasons for seeing doors open, and for keeping them closed and locked in transit, is that those heavy doors will open and close while in transit in reaction to train dynamics. When I first

That link leads us to the famous Homer Hill photo of these cars. That short box ahead of the 52469 is one of the USRA-like steel cars with an odd dreadnaught end, the 47000-series. These cars 8'7" IH

Compliments and kudos to the Museum people for these restorations. Wonderful. ....Mike Del Vecchio (having helped restore a few freight cars in his day)

Is Dave Ramos on this list, or does anyone know his e-mail address? Many thanks ....Mike

---------------------------- Having bought one of the 1950-built cars, I can testify that it's a really nice product. The prototype was Magor-built if I recall, thus the need for all the "mixed" parts

I hate to admit this since time is tight lately and I don't have a slide scanner, but I have photos that will help you.? One is of a DL&W car that's derailed and on its side with the containers in it,

Nope. The 46000-46699-series were in four groups of 40-foot double-sheathed cars built by Magor and ACF in 1927, one batch with radial roofs. Sunshine offered this car quite a few years ago, kit 37.9.

I looked at photos of each class of DL&W 1937 car, mostly Magor-built with one group of AC&F, and all had "crimped" seams. Interesting observation, though, and sparked an interest in the Branchline ca

As luck would have it, here's an ebay listing for the Branchline car, a classic 1937 10' IH car modeled after that Whitaker collection photo of the 51300 that shows up often. The model has black ends

After shutting down the computer I thought that comment would create questions asking for a lot of specifics.? And thus my middle-age is showing, as?I can't recall everything since?I didn't buy any be

Richard is correct here about the general arrangment drawings and reality. Too, the GA-drawings were generally only good for as-built cars about the time that drawing was published. In the case of the

Amand's description of the metal chutes on these specialized coal delivery trucks best fits the description in the Anthracite belt coal dealers. These chutes had enough curveable joints in so they cou

Hal Carstens peacefully died this morning at his home near Newton, New Jersey. He had been in good health, happy, and spry enough to have been a dinner speaker at a recent NMRA gathering in Texas. I w

?trust that Branchline was as professional as Bill is with regards to the move. I wish them all the best in their new endeavors in the future and I am sure the in the future we will see some of our ne