Yes… I was referring to those bolts. I’ve never seen anything like that before. Made me think of belaying pins. Dave Nelson

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/37711713434/in/album-72157649155982802/ On Flicker, a Magnolia tankcar from 1919. It looks like it has been pinned together. I don’t recall seeing this be

This problem is not limited to the Westerfield scans. Best to ask before buying if you want any private road data. Dave Nelson From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behal

You need about a 1000 non home road boxcars to get the trend. Dave Nelson

I expect in the winter reefers were used to keep the contents from freezing. I do know the Western Pacific’s few reefers were used primarily for canned food. Dave Nelson

I’ve read all of the opinions in the Foobie thread and my honest conclusion about it is this: I miss Richard. Always interesting, always well informed. Dave Nelson

I always assumed it was a Richard Hendrickson-ism. It’s been on used on STMFC for such a long time, probably going all the way back to Tim O’Connor’s e-mail list. Dave Nelson

In one of Kip Harrington’s stories he wrote of ancient east coast HM hoppers being sold “out west” where they showed up hauling coal over Soldier Summit. These were B&LE cars built before WWI. They ha

Everything created on or before Dec 31, 1925 is in the public domain. FWIW, Public Domain Day (the name is my idea) occurs on Jan 1 of every year and I’m pretty sure that all items copyright registere

OH NO! Jon and I would talk at great length whenever we bumped into each other. Sad news indeed. Dave Nelson

Whistling past the graveyard (literally). Any hobby with an average age of 68 is in trouble and with models of freight cars costing $40-$50 a pop there is no pulling in teenagers or young adults. Dave

S-40-4 stockcar. https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-R-S/i-vpHmfP2/A Dave Nelson

Yes… the old eyes finally did notice…. Dave Nelson

About 10% of the North American boxcar fleet in 1950 was 36ft. Southern owned a fair number of such survivors, maybe even this one: https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-R-S/i-TF4QLQ8/A Dave Nelson

Like the old Arby’s commercial -- Me: “Where’s the Door?”… : “Where’s the Door?” Oh…. https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-2nFvPnk/3/X3/i-2nFvPnk-X3.jpg Dave Nelson

Large close up of loaded gondola, Chicago, late 40’s. https://portal-ccc.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/newberry/83/x05xj2r.jpg Dave Nelson

Over on the right… the 6 cars from that end are on rails. Further in there is what looks like a white arrow was marked on the picture (or negative). Perhaps that is where the tracks ended. Dave Nelson

I have similar concerns. I’ve pulled a fair number of Delano’s photos into a top end photo editor and “adjusted” them. They look better. But what I wonder is this: Is today’s “better” simply artificia

I have some digital reference material (period maps, drawn 1” to 100’) for the West Belt Line you may find useful. Dave Nelson

FWIW, Facebook has rapidly evolved from its origins as a college social board and now is a top notch site for hobby enthusiasts of all stripes. The Pre-Depression Era railroads is particularly good fo