All- Thanks to everybody who responded with their recommendations and experiences regarding slide and negative scanners! Thanks also to the moderators for letting the discussion run online for the edi

All- Does anyone have any experience with slide and negative scanners? My all-in-one copiers can do a decent job of digitizing photo prints but, even though a couple of them have slide processing capa

All- That door reminds me of the problem the CB&Q had between Cicero / Clyde Yard and Western Avenue Yard in Chicago for its trains and foreign road transfer runs. If a plug door or swing reefer door

Dave and All- The Erie had a freight house at 14th & Clark Street on the east bank of the south branch of the Chicago River which was south of the passenger terminals and the main business district of

All- The N&W boxcar looks like it has a door that closes to the inside of the car…I don’t recall seeing that arrangement before. It is also interesting to see how many early cars had what we would cal

All- I was just browsing on Facebook and found out that David Leider’s new book is available. http://boctbook.dhke.com/?fbclid=IwAR0Mfq20_JKSPeXHiJhridL-sEPakL8K3W9CXaJL3bAO0euRV81YfRLggzw Based on hi

All- Signode was one of the major suppliers of the strap systems IIRC. Charlie Vlk

How about stuffing in a block cut to size to fit the inside. Another way would be to use mastic like is used for lining fuel tanks or truck beds but I don't think it would be more effective than the s

Jack and All- Some retouched photos from “back in the day” are obvious but some were so skillfully done they are hard to detect. I have a couple that I actually thought about destroying because if the

Perhaps I misread that somebody was making a distinction between a flat with a well with a permanent floor and one with a well hole without a floor which inferred special sides that could support a lo

All- According to the Westerfield 1955 ORER disc, there are two such cars, GN 60013 and 60031 (must have run out of decal numbers!!). Note N states “Dimensions of well in cars numbered 60013 and 60031

All- Note that the car appears to be all-steel. Likely not a circus car. It looks like there are two sets of doors above the mid-height of the car between the 2nd and 3rd and 6th and 7th vertical stru

Doug and All- The image is too dark to see for sure, but is that a six-wheel truck under the close end? Charlie Vlk The M&StL converted a gas electric, GE-25, to weed spray duty in the late 50s. They

I suspected that it was a PRR car….funny that it doesn’t have any reporting marks other than the number, at least that I noticed on the photo. This may be the “car” used to haul the Krupp Gun barrel t

Seems to me I recall that Swift also got some CB&Q SM-?? Stock cars. I recall seeing a photo of one lettered for Swift, don’t recall the reporting mark. Charlie Vlk

Enzo- It is a little confusing…. By “new” my guess is that it has a unique part number. The screening, structural vertical and diagonal members, and chickens all seem to be printed on a standard 40’ r

Actually, it turns out that Lionel had TWO versions in HO…. Inspired by their O gauge one…that had interior lighting… Eric- I doubt that any manufacturer thinking of doing a poultry car is going to be

Rob- I don’t think this is a rebuilding any of a CB&Q USRA GS gondola. While it is true that their own 40’ composite gondolas were similar and may have been inspired by some of the features of the USR

All- I don’t know if they made it into the 1950s, but here’s one to add to the list of California manufacturers: Pomona Valley Model Supply, Inc. 107 East Main Street Puente, California They were make

All- Not freight car related but the shot at 17-31-08 of the City of Los Angeles with an E-2 leading a Red White and Blue E6B was also interesting!!! Charlie Vlk