Claus- Now I understand….the photo is not in Chicago; the station in the background to the North is the C&NW Milwaukee Lakefront depot. East Buffalo and North Jackson St. Jackson Boulevard in Chicago

Claus- The second link to “A busy time at the team track Chicago 1934” doesn’t take you to the base page with the photo information. I can’t place the location. It isn’t east or west of the Wells Stre

All- If I am not mistaken, “Tie Plates” are just that….they are used to spread the load on a wider area than the rail base in an effort to prevent the tie from failing under the rail. While there is a

C&NW 91226 seems to have a more steeply sloped roof than normal….compare the angle to the two cars it is between…almost the width of the fascia board oon the C&NW box next to it… Charlie Vlk

All- It almost looks like the running boards were improperly installed….it looks like there are supports for off-center boards and the hatches are hinged to open along the length of the car. It doesn’

Walt- That is the one.... Chameleon....!! Thanks! Charlie Vlk

All- It is likely that the Illinois Railway Museum Store has the back copy of RMC that you are looking for. They have tons of magazines donated to them on a regular basis so the cost is fairly reasona

All- I went to eighth grade and graduated from high school at neighboring St. John’s Military Academy. Every Spring there would be rumors that the “townies” from Oconomowoc were coming to cause troubl

All- Interesting that although only separated by 10 numbers one car has Z-braces wile the other has U-channels. Charlie Vlk

This is a good question in general. I am doing research on the CB&Q Aurora-Chicago line and have the images of the ICC reports for the subject area physical plant from the BRHS Archives. I have indexe

Ted and All- I don’t think it is a Q “Cream” car….just doesn’t have that presence. Besides, the picture is taken after the Milwaukee Road adopted the Elgin Watch Company designed numerals that are dis

All- Isn’t this discussion a month (actually 23 days) early??? Being so light, what would happen if it was run on a layout in a basement pressurized to avoid having to have the llally columns supporti

Good subject for documentation….however the Sears House components would not have come packed in cardboard boxes…and certainly not in a McGuiness B&M Blue box car…..just in case somebody wants to mode

Matt- I think you’ve done about the best you can do with the image of No. 13. I imported both images into Corel Draw and got the 23 sized about the same as 13 by putting a box around the AMERICAN STRA

All- More likely the box car was coupled to the end of the cut on the coal trestle. It had been unloaded (bagged coal or maybe stoves?) when somebody tried to add another car or maybe intended to remo

Sorry for repeating if this has been observed already, but even an “all metal” box car or reefer had a wood floor and liner that would burn very nicely. Charlie Vlk

Fenton- Yes, but I have no way to shrink them about 55 percent to N Scale!!! Charlie

All- Isn’t a three compartment tank smaller gallonage due to the extra tank bulkheads separating the compartments? That would make the 2K difference reasonable. Charlie Vlk

All- Note that the side number panels varied in size to suit the number of characters to be displayed. The early nose side number boards also varied in length for the same reason. The General Arrangem

All- I recall seeing such CB&Q cars in (probably) company service during the late 1950s and maybe into the early 1960s. Don’t recall the number series but it should be able to come up with them from t