Allen Cain asked: "Would the B&O Sentinel Fast Freight Boxcars have travelled off the B&O line or were these in captive service on the B&O?" They travelled off line. See post #175868 by Andy Carlson f

Kevin Lafferty asked: "Time to pull out the way back machine. This may be a hopeless request, but in searching for additional info on these DuPont 3K gallon lead yank cars I found a reference to a May

Elden Gatwood asked: "Hard question, I know: Anyone have any idea what car company was receiving these roofs? Model?" https://digital.hagley.org/1999228_0021 While rail enthusiast know Budd for its ra

Ron Merrick wrote: "Hope somebody will humor me, but I'm interested in the X40 cars despite the fact that I'll never build a model of one, one reason being that I doubt that one of them ever visited m

Claus Schlund wrote: "I've spent a little time taking in and enjoying the scene linked below... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125880853_5ccd73ec64_o.jpg I'm not an expert, but looking at the s

Nelson Moyer wrote: "It must be a pretty slow modeling week for this thread to last this long." Or absent moderators. Ben Hom

Ralph Brown wrote: "At that time, and up until the seventies when the Coast Guard adopted new uniforms, it was very difficult the tell Coast Guard “rag hat” enlisted from Navy “rag hat” enlisted. Give

Claus Schlund asked: https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/71971/zoom "I'm wondering about the vehicle - STANDARD OIL CO OF NY - in Portland ME? That is a long way for a delivery. Any thoughts on that?

Elden Gatwood wrote: "Can anyone read the end lettering and car number?" Looks like PRR 37724, which would put it in the PRR 37100-39865 series. Note also the 1932 ARA boxcar with Pullman flat ends co

Claus Schlund wrote: "A great view of a gritty 1948 industrial scene. A PRR class X26 USRA ss boxcar is visible. Note the original wooden door has been replaced with a steel door by this time." https:

Bob Chaparro wrote: "Photo: PRR Gondola (1904) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections: https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A128263?solr_nav%5Bid

Bob Chaparro wrote: "Photo: Unloading Coal (Circa 1920) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections: https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A129879?solr

Bob Chaparro wrote: "Photo: Unloading Grain From A Boxcar A photo from the University of Texas-Arlington Archives: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20093921 Click on the photo twice to fully

Irv Thomae asked: "Can anyone suggest where I might be able to buy one HO-scale pair of Buckeye car ends, appropriate for the 500 "1937" AAR boxcars built for the Erie RR in June 1936? I'd really like

Elden Gatwood wrote: "These were the Lot [P&LE 22000-22999, 1000 cars, Lot 819-B] that had the OH diagonal panel roof, so NOT the HO models offered previously, IIRC." Correct. More details from Ed Haw

Elden Gatwood wrote: "Anyone got their P&LE register handy? I think it may be a forty-foot box car, like this guy:" Correct. P&LE 22330, from P&LE 22000-22999, 1000 cars, Lot 819-B, built 1952 at Desp

Claus Schlund wrote: "This undated image has a SOUTH BUFFALO offset side twin hopper and a D&H twin hopper in the background. We could wish for a bit more resolution tho!" https://www.ebay.com/itm/393

Garth Groff wrote: "You will probably roll your eyes over this tank car I found on the Micro-Mark web pages. It truly is groan-worthy." Back when Bachmann did their Chinese 2-8-2, they painted up a bu

Maynard Stowe wrote: "Gotta have one how can I convert it to photo 48?" Ask and ye shall receive. I'm sure you could put P48 wheels and couplers on this. https://lionelllc.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/

Jack Mullen wrote: "I think the PRR boxcar to the left is an X28a, based on the height relative to the other two cars, which I assume are 8'7" / 8'6" IH. I can't quite resolve the class stencil nor di