According to the 1937 C&O freight car book, these cars were built by Standard Steel Car 1906. They were rated at 50-tons. The drawing indicated that they had heap shields on each end. They were classi

In 1947 RB&BB needed new flat cars for their fleet. With Warren and Mt. Vernon out of the business, they turned to Thrall and purchased 5 cars. When the circus changed over to longer cars, they got ri

Eric and all My mistake on saying GLc as it should have been, GLa. Thanks for the information and the article from RMJ Larry Smith

Bowser produced an H.C. Frick GLC hopper car. Did Frick indeed have hoppers and if so what happened to them. Larry Smith

Disregard this email as it is a scam and not from Marty

I think I can add some information here as I helped write the Walthers book on the automobile industry and the railroads. At the time these cars were built, the standard ARA car height was 10' and the

Does it take a longer drying time after painting resin cars then styrene cars? Larry Smith

Did Athearn ever make a PS-1? Besides Kadee, who else has made them in pl;astic. Larry Smith

Does anyone know of a source for Detail Associates .015 brass wire. No one seems to have it and I need it for a freight car project I'm doing Larry Smith

I'm building boxcars for the two narrow gauge railroads that the PRR owned. I'm having difficulty in locating decals with a capy of 60000 lbs. Most of the decals are for at least 100000 or in the case

I'm building seeral freight cars from the PRR narrow gauge lines. All of them were equipped with the Eames vacuum brake system. I have found one diagram showing the piping under the car but it is only

There is a good chance the cars originated here in Birmingham from ABC Coke works. They are now owned by Drummond Coal out of Jasper, AL. I saw a lot of these cars parked at the plant in Tarrent many

The hopper car with some added parts is a very accurate model of a C&O car as well as the B&O car. There have been several articles on adding the parts to the C&O versions. Larry Smith

When they first came out, back in the early 1960s, I was a member of the model railroad club at the Air Force base in Rantoul, IL. I bought and assembled the early version of the Con-Cor air slide hop

Just got a message from showcase minatures. They are in stock and are kept in stock. Call them and they will ship asap. Larry Smith

They still do go to Tomar and look it up. Larry Smith

It ended with the addition of the C&O for Progress herald in 1947. Larry Smith.

No there isn't a date on the photo. The credit is Boyd County Library Collection. That is Boyd County Library, Kentucky. I suspect this photo was taken at Russell, KY where the Raceland Car Shops were

Lloyd Here's the picture from the C&O book. This is the last paint scheme used on these cars. Larry

Ok guys, here's your information on these cars. The C&O had three groups of these cars. Series 71000-71399, Series 73000-76999, and Series 77000-78982. Photos of the cars in all three configurations,