Photos attached of 2 other cars from the group. Steve Johnson

Lester, if I recall correctly, HO Collector magazine ran an article on that very subject. I cannot find that issue at the moment to access that article. Maybe someone else in this group can locate tha

I remember going to see one of these embalmed whales, which was housed in a specially-made semi trailer. That was in the 1960s in my hometown of Hopkinsville, KY. It was in the parking lot of a shoppi

Bob, This looks to me to be an impact demonstration car. L&N’s South Louisville Shop built one out of an old single-sheathed 40 ft boxcar in late 1955. This car toured the L&N system to promote loss a

Joe, Attached are two Greenville Steel Car Co. builder images of L&N 26000, part of L&N series 26000-26199, built in 1956. Steve Johnson

No, I have some of the Walthers kits, in the white and blue boxes, from the early 1990s. I recall the Walthers catalogs and model magazines at the time featured color ads of those kits, and also the r

Walthers produced a re-tooled AHM PS-1 model, the later version with the molded-on ladders. The original AHM/Roco model had separate ladders. The Walthers car had a new underframe with coupler boxes,

Gents, I stumbled upon these on eBay today: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1pc-2pcs-3pcs-5pcs-HO-Scale-52ft-Flat-Car-1-87-Rolling-Stock-Freight-Car/193206684745?_trkparms=aid%3D555021%26algo%3DPL.SIMRVI%26a

Hugh, According to the Walthers item number you provided, the kit you have is this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Walthers-933-6859-Undecorated-40-039-Gondola-Kit-/233539963738?hash=item3660110b5a%3Ag%

Allen, Is he planning on producing these decals only for the refurbished and renumbered version (500 series) ca. 1958+? I have several photos of the 7900s and later 500 series cars that I can send to

An article in the August 1963 issue of L&N’s company magazine shows this very car working with an L&N pile hammer-equipped crane in the rebuilding of a bridge over the Tensas River near Mobile, AL. Th

Ike, Thanks for that photo! I certainly agree with your statement that L&N had some of the oddest, home-built MofW equipment. In the Morning Sun Books L&N Color Guide, Volume 2, page 87, there is a sh

Matt is correct. Subsequently, that unit was purchased by L&N in 1966 and rebuilt into an RS3 by L&N using components from a damaged L&N FA2. It was renumbered to L&N #104 (2nd). The car behind the lo

OK, for the 2.6 people in this group interested in the TC, here's a photo of one of those ex-Lehigh Valley four-bay hoppers I mentioned in my post of 10/08/2019. Steve Johnson Nashville, TN

Tom, What issue of RMC had that article? Thanks, Steve Johnson Nashville, TN

I'm glad the topic of these LV hoppers came up (again). I have a keen interest in them because the Tennessee Central purchased 31 of these cars from International Railway Car Co. in 1956. They became

Garth, You are most welcome. Those gons were built as L&N 56500-56699, 40’ 1” IL, interior height of 2’2”, 825 cu ft, Universal hand brakes. Best regards, Steve Johnson

Garth, It’s one of these ACF L&N low-side gondolas, built in 1958. See attached photo. I can provide series information, etc. later. Getting ready to head to work now. Steve Johnson

Clarification – The TC prototypes were 8’ 6” IH, taller than the what the P2K cars represent, which are 7’8” IH cars, if I recall correctly. Steve Johnson

Proto 2000 produced the Mather boxcar decorated for Tennessee Central, but the TC prototypes were the taller version. Sunshine produced the taller and correct TC model. I seem to recall hearing that t