What a fabulous view! Except for the P&LE long mill gondola in the foreground, the freight cars seem to be government-owned and in rolling parts inventory service.

Eric, I find that the RPCycs cut off at 1960. By publisher and author expressed intent. Like a certain freight car group. There is no information about freight car lives beyond 1960 in images or narra

Let me try again copying and pasting as jpgs. These are from the Tom Underwood collection at the Barriger library, showing the rebuilt M-15n and M-15p that all the M-15k wagtontops disappeared into du

Yes, the M-15k wagtontops were used as cores for M-15n and M-15p wagtontop rebuilds. The M-15k population was consumed quickly in the purest biblical sense. For B&O modelers, this 1955-56 M-15k - to -

Regarding the past Rapido USRA double sheath boxcar and upcoming USRA single sheath boxcar release ..... and I am having trouble finding any road names for such boxcars that lasted up to and past 1960

There are several limitations to Canadian slab-side covered hopper circulation in the states. (1). Cement and lime tend to be low-value, short-distance hauls for any covered hoppers in this trade. The

My freight car fleet is well stocked with detailed Proto2000 and Tangent drop end 52'-6" mill gondolas, crisply lettered for multiple Pittsburgh area railroads. Still not satisfied, I seek fixed ends

Duryea underframes evolved over time. On B&O, no two were alike. So B&O M-55 and M-26 boxcar underframes differ, was well as differ again from the LV boxcar. So any Duryea underframe adapted to the LV

Sorry to sound so narrow. I try to research and model known loads between certain shippers and consignees, in likely cars. You were asking about specific Canada-bound boxcars and I framed examples for

To promote reefer return, one backhaul from east to west was magazine bundles. Care was taken to avoid any aromatic contamination. A favorable carload rate was negotiated where three reefers = one box

Thank you for your observation. While researching B&O oil traffic, I become familiar with pretroleum technology as found in the oil trade press. The Standard Oil refinery near Philadelphia is credited

Bud and friend: The Buffalo mills produced a variety of proprietary flours, mixes and feeds. For a western Canadian customer, a Buffalo Creek boxcar will do. Insulated boxcars protect ladings from tem

Slight clarification. S. C. Johnson is a privately held company producing the Pledge brand. Johnson and Johnson is publically traded medical company.

Eric and Bruce: About the tank cars in the Sykesville photograph. There was a huge Standard Oil refinery near Philadelphia. Loads/empties going east-west might well take the B&O Old Main Line on their

If I recall correctly, Intermountain, Red Caboose and Branchline 1937 AAR 10-foot IH boxcars all have separate roofs, but they are all slightly different lengths. One replacement model roof size does

I would like to apply Tahoe Model Works Dahlman trucks on my Red Caboose CGW ARA boxcar #87550. The Tahoe web site documented users list has CGW "#85000-86998 re# 400-505, 8000-8469 40’ steel box - Re

First application of Devil's Red on B&O cabooses was the 1941 build of 100 I-12 wagontop cabooses.

Answers to questions.... 1. All B&O N-34 wagontop covered hoppers seem to have all been built with wood running boards. 2. No hardware differences between two lots. There were shop and lettering diffe

A small clarification: B&O long stock cars were a 1960-1962 vintage innovation. Not steam era. By the late 1950's, B&O was returning their leased wood Mather stock cars. During 1960-62, B&O leased som

I'd like to clarify or muddy the B&O gray on covered hoppers. I have a B&O gray paint chip from the Mt. Clare drift card, and another intrepid B&O society member harvested a paint chip from a prototyp