The Hopkins plant was served by the M&StL and the MILW. Here is a map of the property at Hopkins. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

In the days of running boards, may have been a warning to brakemen that no running board existed on that car. They were banned on new cars in 1966. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Couple of several interesting photos showing unloading of bulk cement from boxcars. http://www.bigbendrailroadhistory.com/2018/12/grand-coulee-cement-boxcar-unloading.html Doug Harding www.iowacentral

To follow up on Jim’s comments. American Crystal Sugar was a sugar beet processor. They had sugar beet plants in Mason City IA and Chaska MN in 1949, the year of the shipment data Clark has shared. Th

Todd the sugar is interesting. Sugar beets were a common crop in Northern Iowa and Minnesota in 1949, with several sugar beet processing plants in the region. The NP could also have been hauling Hawai

Fantastic job Clark. Lots of great information for the grocery business. Interesting that they only got nine loads of meat during this time period. And even more interesting three of those meat loads

Came through perfect on my screen. I was able to read it easily and also copy and dump into a spreadsheet. Appreciate you posting. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Elden true, but the car in photo was built in 1960. Clark is looking a report from 1949. The MSTL, which served Hopkins, purchased their first insulated boxcars or RBLS, for canned good service in 195

Some good stuff Clark. Look forward to seeing the rest of the list. Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin had a fair number of canneries and creameries. All kinds of vegetables and dairy products requiring re

This the photo? http://www.morphotoarchive.org/rvndb/rvn_date_jpeg_rec.php?objno=RVN21078 Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Nice photo of a Mather 50’ stockcar. Built by “marrying” two 40’ cars. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

The early Kadee PS1 dates from the early 50s. But Kadee came out with another late 40s body last year. There was a great clinic on the differences at Collinsville two years ago by someone this list. H

I have scans of the following wood Wilson reefers: WCL 2288 damaged in PA dated 1919, photos of both sides WCL 2366 nice billboard WCLX 5173 closeup of roof ice hatches WCLX 5510 getting ice at ice de

Kaolin clay was once transported in boxcars and left a white residue, but not to the extent to completely coat the car. But are you sure the car is a boxcar? While the photo is limited in size and thu

Load looks like ends or caps for large tanks. The hole makes me think of a horizontal propane tank or something similar. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

The Earliest Color Photo in question was not taken in 1910. The Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern was formed in 1906. But it did not have any boxcars numbered in the 7000 series until later. Checking o

And the Shackleton photos are stunning. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

No. Photo is to early. The first Beatle sold in the US was in 1949 in New York City. Blow up the photo and you can see that car has a defined trunk lid, very similar to the last car on the right. Doug

The Rapido car is a specific prototype, built by General American between 1937-1941. Other 37’ meat reefers were built by other manufacturers with different features. And each meat packer had specific

Lets rethink this for a moment. Walthers has brand new Accurail boxcars on sale for $12.98. Not everyone starts out with super detailed RTR $50 cars. In fact almost no one does. As a married grad stud