I recognize this being take in Burlington, Iowa. Walter Ohrnell

I've been working on several hopper upgrades recently. Details, photos, and techniques are shared in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2021/04/16/coal-hopper-detai

Those GM&O cars had "combination" roofs - The 2nd & 3rd panels from each end (not counting the blank panels at the extreme ends) were rectangular panels, while the other panels were all diagonal panel

Hi List Members, Nice builders photo of C&O 133348, an ofset side twim hopper, NEW 3-37 https://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/photo1401/gra3197.jpg Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, Some might enjoy this view of Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR Boxcar #9047, a 50ft auto box, dated 1950 https://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/photo55/foto0571.jpg Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Ah, the elusive 0-8-8-8-8-0 in switching service! John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696

Photo: Lackawanna Boxcar 20260 A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1986268_0235 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Moving Boxcars With Horses (1913) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_ME01795 Click on the photo to enlarge it. I wonder if the horses had union cards? Bob

Photo: New Haven Boxcar 64365 (1943) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_14297 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: PRR Boxcar 23635 X29D (1955) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_20852 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Reading Hopper 84495 A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/80318_075 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Reading Hopper 69459 A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/80318_038 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Cars like these were still being used after the PC merger. Many transit cars went East through Rose Lake yard in E St Louis coupled to them with the empty cars going back to the TRRA after delivery of

Many thanks, Ed Greg Kennelly Burnaby BC Canada

Could be. The N&W had almost 5,000 gondolas with drop doors in several 90000's series in 1940. They had different interior heights and lengths, which is kind of weird... And look at the size of the co

According to the PRRT&HS Gondolas book, those are for mating to subway cars so the cars could be moved in regular trains. They were stenciled "RETURN TO ST. LOUIS CAR CO. IN EAST ST. LOUIS." Richard T

Those look suspiciously like Westinghouse transit couplers. Was a time that subway cars were delivered on their own wheels, and these look like the adapter cars to allow them to couple to the train. D

Bob Chaparro wrote: Note the manway cover (attached by a chain) hanging over the side of the dome. Tony Thompson tony@...

Photo: PRR “Special Coupler Device” (1957) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_21263 Click on the photo to enlarge it. I’m sure the PRR experts can expound on this

Photos: PRR Boxcar 28460 X29B (1951) Photos from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_18816 https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_18817 Scroll on the photos to enlarge them. Bob Chapar