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Help Identifying Unusual Boxcar (MoPac coke service?)
Tim, That must have been on the Penn Central. <G> Todd Sullivan
Tim, That must have been on the Penn Central. <G> Todd Sullivan
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Todd Sullivan
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Help Identifying Unusual Boxcar (MoPac coke service?)
I think that finding an MP coke car on the SP Toledo Branch is a little far-fetched. The SP converted several different kinds of single sheathed boxcars into 'hog fuel' (woodchip) cars, including some
I think that finding an MP coke car on the SP Toledo Branch is a little far-fetched. The SP converted several different kinds of single sheathed boxcars into 'hog fuel' (woodchip) cars, including some
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Todd Sullivan
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MM
Cliff, So, what's your point? I'm not being snarky here, I just don't understand. That arrangement is OK, as long as the Car Distributor and customer agree on using the car that had just been unloaded
Cliff, So, what's your point? I'm not being snarky here, I just don't understand. That arrangement is OK, as long as the Car Distributor and customer agree on using the car that had just been unloaded
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Todd Sullivan
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MM
Steve, I don't know if this was the case with MM, but where one RR served an industry with a big demand for empties, often, the RRs that were on the haul or where the loads terminated (= greater share
Steve, I don't know if this was the case with MM, but where one RR served an industry with a big demand for empties, often, the RRs that were on the haul or where the loads terminated (= greater share
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Todd Sullivan
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Kadee early PS-1
Hi Lloyd, I checked the Kadee website for past and current tank cars, and doggone, you are correct, they have never done a Phil Gas or Skel Gas car. We are rapidly closing in on our closing date for o
Hi Lloyd, I checked the Kadee website for past and current tank cars, and doggone, you are correct, they have never done a Phil Gas or Skel Gas car. We are rapidly closing in on our closing date for o
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Todd Sullivan
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whose rebuilt USRA boxcar this is
I would guess ATSF from the curved line map. The truck (auto) is filled with Ruppert beer. I can't imagine how they got into that situation. The near end of the boxcar is off the track, so there must
I would guess ATSF from the curved line map. The truck (auto) is filled with Ruppert beer. I can't imagine how they got into that situation. The near end of the boxcar is off the track, so there must
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Todd Sullivan
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Mystery boxcars - anyone know what these are based off or of any similar cars?
They look like Train Miniature double wood sheathed steel end 40ft boxcars that have no particular prototype, AFAIK. Todd Sullivan
They look like Train Miniature double wood sheathed steel end 40ft boxcars that have no particular prototype, AFAIK. Todd Sullivan
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Todd Sullivan
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Red Owl warehouse
Thanks for several informative replies, the most informative of which is Chris Frissell's about Great Western in Billings. Now I have a shipper if I want to model sugar shipments. Thanks!! Todd Sulliv
Thanks for several informative replies, the most informative of which is Chris Frissell's about Great Western in Billings. Now I have a shipper if I want to model sugar shipments. Thanks!! Todd Sulliv
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Todd Sullivan
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Red Owl warehouse
Hi Clark, Wow! That Excel workbook is a labor of love. It also raises lots of questions about where cars came from and where the loads out were going. E.g., where did all that sugar in NP boxcars come
Hi Clark, Wow! That Excel workbook is a labor of love. It also raises lots of questions about where cars came from and where the loads out were going. E.g., where did all that sugar in NP boxcars come
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Mystery Tank Car IDs - TKX
Interesting place to have a headquarters. Hancock, NY was on the NYO&W line on the Delaware River deep in the heart of NY State's Southern Tier. A pretty small town, well off the beaten track, near Ca
Interesting place to have a headquarters. Hancock, NY was on the NYO&W line on the Delaware River deep in the heart of NY State's Southern Tier. A pretty small town, well off the beaten track, near Ca
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Todd Sullivan
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For Throwback Thursday: Santa Fe express boxcar 4155
Dick, That's a really nice 'conversion' from the old Athearn metal kit. When I first got into the hobby as a 14 year old, the first kits I built - or tried to build - were some HO Athearn metal boxcar
Dick, That's a really nice 'conversion' from the old Athearn metal kit. When I first got into the hobby as a 14 year old, the first kits I built - or tried to build - were some HO Athearn metal boxcar
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Stencil On CB&Q Boxcar
Bob, Another form of an answer to your question about penalties is this: We had a Manager of Clerks, R. H. Blackburn, who would likely be the person to have a conversation with you if you screwed up a
Bob, Another form of an answer to your question about penalties is this: We had a Manager of Clerks, R. H. Blackburn, who would likely be the person to have a conversation with you if you screwed up a
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Stencil On CB&Q Boxcar
Hi Bob, Neat photos. In the 1960s, when I clerked for a RR, it was unusual to see such stenciling unless the car was a hide car. Hide cars were unfit for anything else, and were so stenciled. As a Car
Hi Bob, Neat photos. In the 1960s, when I clerked for a RR, it was unusual to see such stenciling unless the car was a hide car. Hide cars were unfit for anything else, and were so stenciled. As a Car
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heavy duty trucks on B&LE hoppers
You might want to check Corey Bonsall's products on eBay. He sells the D&RGW/UCR heavy duty gondola trucks which appear pretty similar. Todd Sullivan
You might want to check Corey Bonsall's products on eBay. He sells the D&RGW/UCR heavy duty gondola trucks which appear pretty similar. Todd Sullivan
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L&N Woodracks -- 1
Bob, Innovative approach, very convincing model. Thanks for sharing. Todd Sullivan.
Bob, Innovative approach, very convincing model. Thanks for sharing. Todd Sullivan.
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Todd Sullivan
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gondola NYC 715035 with load in 1960 at Lukens Steel
Phil, These gons are fairly well represented by the Proto2000 model (need a few detail changes), and by the old National Car Cast (1960s Canadian very small company) ABS moldings of a rebuilt PC confi
Phil, These gons are fairly well represented by the Proto2000 model (need a few detail changes), and by the old National Car Cast (1960s Canadian very small company) ABS moldings of a rebuilt PC confi
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Earliest Color Photo of US Freight Cars?
What fascinates me the most is that two masted fishing schooner tied up at the wharf. She looks like she might have been a fast fisherman in her day. (Boston and Gloucester were the principal homeport
What fascinates me the most is that two masted fishing schooner tied up at the wharf. She looks like she might have been a fast fisherman in her day. (Boston and Gloucester were the principal homeport
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U.P. S-40-6 Double Deck Live Stock Car
I am hardly an expert in loading cattle into stock cars, but (common sensically) it does occur to me that loading full size livestock on an upper deck would raise the center of gravity for the car and
I am hardly an expert in loading cattle into stock cars, but (common sensically) it does occur to me that loading full size livestock on an upper deck would raise the center of gravity for the car and
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USRA-style Gulf tank cars
OK, I'll play dummy here. What makes these tank cars USRA tank cars? They have underframes like the Gould/Tichy model, but the tank shells are 3 course rather than 4 course. I thought the 4 course she
OK, I'll play dummy here. What makes these tank cars USRA tank cars? They have underframes like the Gould/Tichy model, but the tank shells are 3 course rather than 4 course. I thought the 4 course she
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NP 10000 Series Boxcars by Rapido
All - Chris Frissell's article is really well done, with a variety of weathering styles from moderate to 'is there any paint on that car?' His techniques are to be commended. I have just started weath
All - Chris Frissell's article is really well done, with a variety of weathering styles from moderate to 'is there any paint on that car?' His techniques are to be commended. I have just started weath
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