They were not there yesterday, they are now. Jim Gates

Somebody 12252? Pretty sure the number is correct. Jim Gates

The January 1952 Condensed Table of Union Tank Car Company Cars lists at least two series of 6500 gallon V cars, not including the narrow gauge cars. Jim Gates

C&O 19000-19499 ACF lot 4740A built 4-57 had 4-3R ends and 9 foot doors. So they would be a good guess. There were some Western Maryland cars with 8 foot doors but they had welded 12 panel sides. Jim

The last Bx-12's in revenue service were in 1974. So certainly AB brakes. I believe most of the received steel sheathing. Jim Gates

This is a very poor resolution photograph: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12293485546/in/photostream/ But is that part of a Missouri & North Arkansas boxcar on the right? Jim Gates

I believe tires used to come individually wrapped. And they are certainly not as prone to damage as most car parts. I would think that any reasonably clean boxcar would be suitable for tires. Jim Gate

A photo with a lot of early freight cars: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll21/id/9552 Enlarges enough to read many of the numbers. Jim Gates

Is that an odd load, or an expedient extended side? Jim Gates

The Santa Fe Sk-H, I, K, L, N, and P classes were built with Caswell drop bottoms and roof hatches. There were several thousand of them. As Garth says, they were primarily designed to allow hauling co

Full text for 21.25 on the flyer: "C&O 7000 series 1932 boxcar w/Hutchins radial roof" It is a Hutchins design radial roof. Both descriptions you list are correct but incomplete. The three ARA standar

The Billboard Refrigerator Car book Tony mentioned has photos of both sides of a Cudahy car with the cleanser on one side and different advertising on the other. Jim Gates

Since the connections are on the bottom of the cars, it would appear to be UNloading apparatus. Jim Gates

The ones rebuilt and renumbered into the 52000 series certainly did. There were other minor rebuilding programs, so most if, not all probably got ladders, but I have not seen photos showing that. Stev

I guess that means the box for my first TM car is more of a collectors than the car. Jim Gates

Although all you can see is an arm, it is really nine men and a boxcar. Jim Gates

The originally passenger equipped cars were 10000 to 10199. The 100 that were converted were 10200 to 10299. These were renumber 4100 to 4399. Most of these kept there passenger equipment until the en

Specifically, the 200 Fe-24 delivered for passenger service came with the Allied Full Cushion. The other 300 came with Barber S2 trucks. When 100 of these were modified for passenger service some got

I would say that if, on a moderately to bright sunny day, you were looking at a boxcar with one open door from 87 feet away (12 inches in HO), the the color of the interior would be .. dark. Jim Gates

Based on the stake pocket positions and the rivets above the bolster I would say class Ft-G. Jim Gates