There is a builders photo of 62000 in Coal Cars by Martin Robert Karig. The book used the name "1905 Common Design" since a lot of manufacturers built them and a lot of railroad bought them. Don Burn

Ben, You are correct, I am not sure what I was thinking when typing that. Don Burn

To even be close with Atlas you have 3 railroads that the cars can be a stand in for. The railroads are: 1. Atlantic Coast Line 2. Charleston and Western Carolina Railway (C&WC) 3. Missouri Kansas and

Dave, RPC 18 has a builders photo that from the side appears to have two riblets. Photos with that car with a Viking roof seem to be rare, I would love to know if there are any post WWII photos that i

Add to the list MEC 5000 to 6003 which were 1923 A.R.A. All Steel Boxcars with early Viking roofs. Don Burn

I would say glass, the IT covered a lot of the area where glass manufacturing was done in Illinois. They were still carrying materials for glass in the late 1960's when I went to college in central Il

Gary, RPC #23 has a clearer image on page 88. This lettering arching at the top says "Auto Parts Loading Only" the lettering in the middle says "Racks" and the lettering on the bottom say "Return Empt

C&NW had yellow and green in the 1950's. Maine Central had green ARA boxcars with a large yellow logo. Don Burn

The Rutland milk cars would have been on the NYC to New York or the B&M to Boston, since these are the milk sheds that the Rutland served. Don Burn

Dave, The car with vents could be a Rutland Milk Car. The link https://www.brasstrains.com/Classic/Product/Detail/031394/HO-Railworks-Rutland-340-349-Wood-Milk-Car shows an HO brass import of the seri

I suspect that much of the confusion is because if you check some standard references on electric railroads they indicate that the Claremont Electric placed a higher interest on freight service than m

The car looks like a “1916” automobile car to me, but if so the first digit is not an 8. If it is 4 digits long it could be a 3, else it is most likely a 6. Unfortunately, there is nothing that would

Has anyone ever started a list of known errors in MM drawings? At least then if someone wants to use them, they know what to watch out for. Don Burn

Bill, There is a plan for a PRR bobber in the September 1960 Model Railroader. If you don’t have access I can probably get you a scan. Don Burn

It is a Master Line product but is out of stock so not show. Attached is a photo of an HO version. As you can see only 8 panels. Don Burn

Fenton, Every Atlas Rebuilt I've ever seen is an 8 Panel car. Yes, it is a poor model, but for some of us modeling in scales other than HO it is the only starting point. Don Burn

That looks a lot like the American Express express reefers that MDT built in 1916. If you have the Mechant’s Despatch book by Roger Hinman look at page 171. Unfortunately there were only 75 of that de

John, According to Ted Culotta's Essential Freight Car article in June 2006 RMC the cars originally had Hutchins Dry Lading roof's. Don Burn

Schuyler, It could be post war but the paint looks reasonable fresh and if it is postwar the herald would be different. Don Burn

By 1952 a number of the containers for NX flat cars had transitioned from milk. Some handled bulk orange juice and others went to Borden Chemicals for transport of various products of theirs. Don Burn