Actually, the time I rode the Welsh Highland half the trip was made cab first and half was made smokestack first. In either case the front engine was running forward and the back engine was running ba

Pictures are from the 1876 Philadelphia exhibition (World's Fair). Maynard Stowe

It might well be, without numbers it's hard to tell. The second car also has hatches but they are flush to the roof; it's the extra hardware that is the clue. Santa Fe had many thousands of stockcars

These are Santa Fe stock cars that are convertible to coke hauling when livestock shipping was not in season. Santa Fe had thousands of various classes of convertible cars. They are well covered in St

Wouldn’t you rather drive a Buick?

Andy, A problem is that research libraries are not necessarily archives. And if you think the disposal of interesting railroad related material is recent, I’ll tell you about my first summer job in hi

2 Signature Press books for sale. Both like new from the John Keil collection. Tank Cars American Car and Foundry 1865 to 1955 by Edward Kaminski $38 includes shipping. Southern Pacific Freight Cars V

Don, Yes Beaver Creek brought in Southern Pacific Silk and Tea cars. Nicely painted and lettered. I have one for sale never been out of the box. If anyone is interested contact me off list at: ctsper1

Don, There is a Liberty Ship in San Francisco and a Victory Ship---a more modern successor to the Liberty Ship --in Richmond and may be more on the coast. Maynard Stowe

Tim, The Blooming mill is headed to Fontina for the Kaiser Steel mills. Maynard Stowe SP in Massachusetts

If you want to see an example of the seams brake in use look up WW&F 9 on Youtube. There are quite a few movies of the engine using it. In person it is surprising how quiet the steam ejector which cre

Peter, One ready source of smaller quantities of casting supplies is metal casting pattern making suppliers. Freeman is one such but there are others. You can also look for design bureaus and ask them

I’ve always wondered why railroads used Camer levers rather than the bent steel rod with seems simpler and was ultimately the most common. The bent rod as a style goes back at last ago the turn of the