Those are all NYC mail storage cars behind the PFE express reefer?

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Thank you for the comments/photographs of the model and prototype! It would seem that most layouts/maintenance yards should have one or more of these. Comments raise the interesting question of how to

Photographs of the wheel factory a month or two ago on the list made me curious about how these were transported, and Tichy makes what appears to be a very nice version of a wheel car (someone on the

The various repairs to the side panels are also of interest for modeling...

"InterMountain kits build up into excellent models and these are no exception. One aspect not readily apparent is how to install the supports on the roof for the icing ramps." (caption on the inset ph

I think they were loaded through the end door. :-)

There is a similar film showing harvesting of ice on Green Bay and transportation to ice house storage, for later use in rail and other industries. Don't think it could be done these days; many of the

Excerpt from: http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2010-March/097205.html My other vice besides language is model railroading. In the service of this vice, I subscribe to the e-mail list o

From court document "The People vs. Wilson Car Lines, Inc": On April 1, 1932, defendant company owned 1742 railroad cars valued at a fair cash value of $968,853; on the same date in 1933, it owned 169

Carbon black (subtypes are acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black andthermal black) is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar,

Two questions here: Where did you find/where can I purchase flat stainless steel wire? When was this first used for securing wood and other loads? Ray Hutchison Green Bay WI

So Reading has a variety of cocao cars... 22870 has different roof hatches and different hopper doors than 12343. 12343 does appear to be repurposed drop-bottom box car, with the regular hopper doors

OK. That brake wheel (and for all of the other cars facing you in the photograph) raises a question I have been thinking about for the last month or so. It's not like all trains go in the same directi

HOGX reporting marks would be pretty cool... rh

Given all of the very good recent photographs of tank cars, I am wondering about the availability of detailing kits for these? The usual models of these leave some things to be desired... Ray Hutchiso

I was going to ask, what group of tank cars, and what products, had this sort-of exterior scaffolding built around the tank? An interesting modeling opportunity for sure! Ray Hutchison

caption on photograph says "metal material in gondola"... but what is in the first of the narrow gauge gondolas at bottom of photo? (If I was working that day, and saw a group of narrow gauge brought

There has been fairly recent discussion of sugar beets. I would think the plants offer great opportunities for modeling of cars, unloading tracks, and other facilities. I am wondering if anyone has at

It would be an interesting industrial plant to model. The building is still there, you can take a look at it on google street view.