In the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movie Swing Time, about 14 minutes in, Fred hitches a ride on a Ga-8 gondola, sandwiched between a Bx-13 and a Bx-3 or 6. Jim Gates

Try using this http://magazine.trainlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ Jim Gates

These are milk cars. The express refrigerator cars had ice hatches and regular hinged doors. See Hinman's MDT book. Jim Gates

Possibly an ex ATSF Bx-40. Jim Gates

200-349 built 1-52 ACF lot 3593. Yarmouth makes an HO resin kit https://www.yarmouthmodelworks.com/index.php/ResinModelKits/YMW-113. 100-199? 10 cars purchased 1949 from HPT&D 401-425 built 1929 by BC

Rr-48 and 55 were the only fishbelly underframe cars with 6 foot plug doors when the class was created. But many/most of the earlier rebuilds had them added from 1953 on. The Rr-48 class originally ha

Yes, that says the Texas Chief slogan was added in 1948. But I have not seen any photograph or mention of any specific car with this slogan prior to 1954. Jim Gates

Does anyone have any photograph showing a Texas Chief slogan prior to 1954? Jim Gates

Yes on the 1957 photograph. Looks like no on the 1971 photograph. Jim Gates

Longview, Texas plant opened 1952. The company website lists current locations. That is where I got the 1952 date, it may have the date for other locations. https://www.eastman.com/Company/Worldwide/P

There are photographs of 2 1/2 ton CCKW trucks being loaded/unloaded through the side door of automobile cars. 2 1/2 ton trucks and 1/4 ton trucks (jeeps) probably accounted for more US military vehic

This list shows 9760 assigned to the Pennsylvania. Other sources say 9900. The ORER for October 1944 apparently shows more than the 9760 still running. Where were the other 140? Jim Gates

Copy into Word. Replace all multiple spaces with single spaces. Replace spaces with commas or tab. Paste Special into Excel. I used Libre office which is a little harder, but still fairly quick. Edit

Tanks are M4A3 (76) W (HVSS). Which means 1945. Flats belong to US Army Transportation Corps. Probably taken in France, possibly just after the tanks were unloaded from a ship. Jim Gates

Red Ball 107 sides. Jim Gates

Earl Saunders, who was once a member of the model railroad club in Little Rock, used Argenta & Toad Suck Ferry for his home road. And lettered freight cars for the same. Jim Gates

Fairly certain the people from Monroe, Arkansas would also disagree with you about the "correct" pronunciation. Jim Gates

Note that SFRD 2500-2510 only had two sets of vents towards the B end on the left side. And in a photograph of SFRD 2500 in the mechanical refrigerator book it looks like the slogans were applied on t

Since this was an over trimmed post, I'm guessing you are referring to the photograph of the 0-6-0T locomotives. The only model identification I have seen is specification T.1531. 1290 was built by Da

Locomotives to Russia in WWII (actually into 1946): 90 S160 2-8-0 to Russia 50 S162 2-8-0 to Russia 60 S166 2-8-0 to Russia 10 Porter 0-4-0T to Russia 20 Porter 0-6-0T to Russia 15 Porter narrow gauge