Tim, I see what you mean. I wonder if you have to be signed up as a member to have it work. I'm not, and I don't like signing in to sites for security reasons. In any case, I used the site extensively

Ed, I just got in with no problem using this URL: https://www.trainlife.com/pages/the-magazine-library . Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Gary and Brian, It was January 2012, V. 5, No. 1. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Andy and Friends, Small correction. The 8051-series disappeared somewhat earlier from the interchange roster than 1950. Based on materials I have in my collection: In the January ORER 1941 there were

Aw, Tim. You tantalized us. The three known 10' 6" S-corner 40' all-steel boxcar owners were DSS&A, IC, and Soo. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Bob, These tank cars are actually early covered hoppers for carrying dry bulk chemicals. Note the discharge gates along the side. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Friends, While rambling through my collection, I came upon this view of Cambria & Indiana hopper 1888. Oddly, this was taken in Charlottesville, Virginia, on the C&O (well, really CSX by then), probab

Andy, As I noted in my post, the Walthers car had 3-3-3 Dreadnaught ends. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Al and Friends, Richard's had two articles on the 50' SS boxcars in the July 1995 RMJ. The first article covered the prototypes, and a second was on upgrading MDC cars. He followed this up with anothe

Bruce, An idea for you. When we have train shows again, look for an old Athearn/Globe, Thomas or Mantua steel-bodied tank. Or if you're really flush with cash, find a beat-up brass model. Then put som

Friends, Isn't it amazing what a red filter will do with clouds? Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Andy, Bob and Friends, One of these cars used to sit in Jack London Square in Oakland, California. It is now in the Niles Canyon Railway in Fremont. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Rob, It worked for me just before I sent that response. It is very slow to load, and bringing up the particular issue also takes time (they are very large PDFs). The nice part is that they are free! K

Rob, This series of boxcars is discussed in the article "Modeling 40-Foot CN Steel-Frame Box Cars, Part III, Type E Cars In HO Scale From Steam Shack Kits" by Stafford Swain in the February 2001 RAILM

Tim and friends, What I didn't see mentioned in this thread (or missed) is the coding on and below the strip. Did this indicate the make and model of vehicle for which these racks were configured, or

Charlie, I use an "Epson Perfection V8000 Photo" scanner, a semi-pro machine that does a pretty good job scanning slides and negatives, as well as general copying. The software is a bit clunky, but I'

Friends, By chance I ran across the TRAINS issue with the photograph showing M3 tanks that I spoke of earlier this week. Sadly, my memory was defective, but in my defense, I hadn't seen that picture f

Don, I remember seeing a reader-submitted photo in a TRAINS issue from around 1952 that showed one of these tanks being loaded or unloaded from a flat car by a National Guard Unit. Yours Aye, Garth Gr

Jim, Auto makers were voracious buyers of tires, and I expect there were pools between major tire makers and auto plants. They needed reliable on-time deliveries, to keep production running. It would

Tim, Then does that mean that the Western Pacific really didn't order 100 PS-1 double-door boxcars with Evans Auto Loaders in 1955, their 19301-19400? Or again in 1955, another 150 numbered 19401-1945