Hi List Members, A C&O 40ft steel gondola and a flat with removable milk containers - Renovo PA 1952 https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p16002coll26/id/4012 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi Bob, Great photo, thanks. Bob wrote: “Artwork on the car probably was added in a darkroom” If so, they did a really good job of it. Is there something specific you see that makes you think it was a

Golly, Schuyler! You are right, I would not have noticed that, you have some sharp brain cells going on there! See the awesome scene at the link below... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5118811127

Hi Lester and List Members, Thanks Lester for the quite comprehensive writeup. Lester wrote: "Another old one is to fill crack with baking soda followed application of CA" I did this once, so I only h

Hi List Members, Thanks everyone for the very useful replies. I went with Fenton Wells' suggestion and made a trip out to Walmart - bought some BONDO GLAZING & SPOT PUTTY. It cost all of $3.54 before

Hi Eric and List Members, As soon as you said this, I immediately looked at all the differences between the Bowser GLa and this C&O hopper. Yet after taking a minute to consider your words, I can now

Hi List Members, A partial view of a VGN hopper with unusual hopper door construction. As far as I am able to tell, this car is VGN 6383, part of series 6000-6999, 32'6" IL, 11,000 lb capacity. There

Hi List Members, C&O and VGN hoppers at Summerlee Mine WV (New River Coal Company) In particular, we see C&O twin hopper 21638, and also a bit of VGN 11812. https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002032

Hi List Members, It has been a few years since I did a project that needed any putty to smooth a joint between two sections of a plastic model. When I pulled out my favorite tube of putty (labeled "TA

Hi List Members, C&O 40842 steel gon NEW 7-30 with coal load https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002038 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, A set of C&O hoppers (undated)... I can identify C&O twin hoppers 57915 and 56808. The two cars appear to be of identical construction other than the trucks. They are from C&O series

Hi Tony, Thanks for the input Tony. The web page does say "Prepared Monongalia County Coal Ready for Shipment to Foreign Markets". Perhaps the "Foreign Market" destination was in Canada, in which case

Hi List Members, VGN 10269 hopper end view circa 1946 https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002068 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, A trio of C&O hoppers - from left to right - C&O 31774, C&O 111799, C&O 58590 if I am reading this right. It looks to me like the leftmost and rightmost cars (C&O 31774 and C&O 58590)

Hi List Members, C&O 21920 twin hopper The web site thinks the date to be "ca. 1930-1940", but I think I see a 1925 date on the side of the car. https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002079 Enjoy! Claus

Hi List Members, C&O 33503 - a steel hopper bottom gon - with coal load (undated) https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002123 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, CP345227 drop bottom gon in coal service in West Virginia (!) I didn't think these cars traveled into the USA, apparently I was wrong https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002018 Enjoy!

Hi List Members, C&O twin hopper possibly 65106 (undated) Photo from Consolidation Coal Co https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002024 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, NYC 499680 flat and other flat cars at Joy Manufacturing Co (undated) The cars look to be loaded with mining equipment https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/001881 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, WM twin hopper in consist chalk-marked as NO BRAKE (undated) Hope it's not going too far... https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/001968 https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/001973 Enjoy