I don’t think I have pictures, but I know there were also 36’ Dominion/Fowler single sheathed box cars with end doors. Randy — Randy Hammill Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954 | HTTP://blog.new

NHRHTA has decals for the NH cars here: http://nhrhta.org/htdocs/decals.htm Randy Hammill -- http://blog.newbritainstation.com | Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954

I didn't look at Arkansas or Montana in my other post. This book only tabulates totals of at least 10,000 tons, so smaller amounts won't be included. In the case of mining products the threshold is 50

Another great resource is "American Commodity Flow" by Ullman. It was printed in 1951 and is a compilation and interpretation of the 1% waybill study. It doesn't have every state covered (but luck for

If you could physically read them, could you take a picture with your phone? No risk of damaging the books that way. Randy -- Randy Hammill Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954 | http://blog.newb

In Martin Robert Karig III's book "Coal Cars: The First 300 Years" he uses the term on pg 165: "The initial single-plate design (in 1928) did not include the brackets with which cast-iron wheels are o

OK, clearly I should have completed some more research first. Here are all the ones I could find: Westerfield 1905, 1911, 1915: https://id18538.securedata.net/westerfieldmodels.com/merchantmanager/ind

And here's the 1905 one online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015021321057;view=1up;seq=7 Randy -- Randy Hammill Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954 http://blog.newbritainstation.

Westerfield has the 1905, 1911 and 1915 ones available: https://id18538.securedata.net/westerfieldmodels.com/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=107 Randy -- Randy Hammill Modeling the New Haven Railroad

Of course! These are the planned schemes for the first run: NYC Roman lettering (pre-1955), no herald with KC brakes and original running boards Gothic lettering (post-1955) with NYC oval herald, AB b

Just for that, a picture I recently found: http://blog.newbritainstation.com/2016/05/a-prototype-for-everything.html I've been looking for an opportunity to post this! Randy -- Randy Hammill Modeling

Yes, we're getting back on track and can "unofficially" state that we are hoping to ship these by later this year, possibly early next year. We're moving forward aggressively with this model in partic

Hi - I have a Sunshine 10th Anniversary kit of the ATSF GA-8 gondola. I have a photo of a GA-6 on the local freight for my layout, and would love to trade for the GA-6. If anybody has one they'd be wi

I have a couple of related things that folks may find interesting, although neither is about cement... First, from the New Haven Speical Car Order 2-102, February 20, 1950 These are the assignments of

Yep. While it's by no means complete, I've been compiling a list of paint schemes for CN and CP on our site: -Freight Car Paint Schemes - True Line Trains -Freight Car Paint Schemes - True Line Trains

I'm certainly no expert on the quantities of a given car that is made and car distribution, but personally I don't think quantity is the only criteria as to whether a specific prototype of car would b

Thanks, Tony. Very helpful. Yahoo won't let me edit the post so... Randy -- Randy Hammill Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954 | http://newbritainstation.com

This has all been great stuff, Elden. Thanks! I have actually been researching tank cars for my layout, and it seems my mix is going to be quite different. I'm modeling New Britain, CT, home to Stanle

I have a picture of what looks to be an identical gon in New Britain CT, 1949. I have tried to determine the road on it. I posted a picture at my blog here: Randy's Layout Blog: Composite Gondola Rand

Hi, all - I'm looking for some information as to when specific roads upgraded their USRA hoppers to AB Brakes, or handbrakes. The roads I'm interested in are: B&O CNJ CRP D&H DL&W LNE LV NYC RDG I'm f