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

From L&N series 30550-30699, modified by L&N’s South Louisville Shops in 1958-1959 from former NC&StL XM30 class boxcars (NC&StL series 18000-18499, built by Pullman-Standard in 1937). See four attach

Group, I was in the local Dollar Tree store recently and happened to see some “Military Playset” toys. One of the sets included an Army tank and some sort of short cylindrical apparatus mounted on a p

Thank you, George, and Mike, for responding so quickly. I’m sure there are others in the group who appreciate these as well. Steve Johnson

Group, I’ve tried searching on-line for issues 9 and 10 of The Keystone Modeler, which have articles on modeling the G26 gondola using the E&B Valley/Eastern Car Works kit. Does anyone have pdf’s of t

Group, Four photos attached. What would be the best HO model to represent the 39510-type cars? The built date looks to be 8-53. The newspaper clipping is from my hometown paper, showing a long string

Dan, Attached is a photo of one of the “Roco” cars, with the information that these were for foreign service. I can’t make out the car number. Note the three gauges listed. Steve Johnson

Referring to this thread from earlier in the month, see: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-ORIGINAL-KODAK-SLIDE-NICE-PRR-MOW-PENNSYLVANIA-EXPRESS-BAGGAGE-497106/192547478024?_trkparms=aid%3D444000%26algo%

John, The as-built ends were 4-4 improved dreadnaught, not 3-4. The one on #19210 is definitely different. I'm looking at the end of one of those cars rebuilt by L&N's South Louisville Shops, which re

Ron, Many NC&StL freight cars ran in full NC paint well after the 1957 merger with L&N. Some were given the patch job with L&N reporting marks and number. Most (400) of these particular NC&StL XM35 bo

Bill, I have a copy of that photo of NC&StL #19210 that you attached, and noticed that the end is not the original type as-delivered. See attached builder’s photo of #19399. Perhaps the newer end is f

Also note that the F&N car kept the old L&N number, and the “L” was doctored into an “F” in the reporting marks. Steve Johnson

That card is one of the Topps railroad trading cards. There’s a set up on eBay now with two of those poultry car cards in it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Topps-TCG-Locomotive-Train-Railroad-Trade-Tr

Bill, Yes, that was generally true for all their freight cars (except for light gray on covered hoppers), but NC&StL did have five specially-painted covered hoppers. Those were re-painted into a brigh