Congratulations Sam !!! You are going to be missed for sure, have enjoyed working with you over the years !!! Todd Horton

Rome Ga? Where is that 😀? Any idea who was getting these cars ?

I had a conversation with Ed this weekend about this very topic on Pullman Standard cars. One thing Ed pointed out to me was the cost of car cement vs paint. Paint was $2.10ish a gallon, car cement wa

Guy, thanks for that information. I seem to recall reading about that somewhere but I couldn't remember when it went into effect. Todd Horton

The article mentions "modified AAR lettering guidelines". When did this take place? Todd Horton

What year were these NYC cars built? Todd Horton

The door on the two cars to the right appeared to have had the doors extended. Todd Horton

Were these cars in captive service? Todd Horton

Great photo, did these cars get AB brakes and survive till? Todd Horton

Branchline did some 50' cars on the R/W/B BAR scheme, going off memory, these cars were built in 1957. Todd Horton

C of G car to the very left. Todd Horton

C of G freight equipment start appearing with the rectangular monogram in June of 1934. Todd Horton

It’s amazing how many photos I’ve seen of CG cars on PRR lines I know they traveled everywhere but they seem to pop up often. Todd Horton

The C of G used USRA clone gons for pig iron service in Birmingham. These cars had the sides lowered to limit the amount of material that could be loaded. These cars were eventually all rebuild with s

I have a not so great photo of a C of G

Scott, I have a not so great photo of a C of G door and a half with Superior doors. The photographer was shooting a locomotive and the boxcar just happened to get caught. Todd Horton

The bodies were cast by GSC. The C of G had 20 similar cars built for the General Electric plant in Rome Ga. These were probably built for the same customer as they both had access to the plant. Todd

The Central started using “ The Right Way” lettering in 1954 on freight cars. The 50’ black and silver “blimp” cars were the first to have this. The slogan was used earlier on some diesel locomotives

These were the last new 40’ cars purchased by the Central in 1957. They were different in that they were delivered in a brown color as opposed to the more common freight car red. These cars also had b

I’m not sure where they originated but I always assumed they were sent to Brunswick for unloading. There was so many forest operations in South Ga that there could have been several locations of loadi