I wanted to include Chris Barkan's stencil diagrams for hopper cars. Bob Witt

Tim and Group, To make the stenciling more specific, the B&O hopper in the photo has the Billboard "B&O" with a small ampersand which places it in the mid-1950s introduced in 1956 lasting to 1957. The

I see a lone B&O AAR triple hopper, just below the power plant chimney. Probably a single load to a coal yard of some type of specialized coal. Bob Witt

Someone found this referemce some time ago.

A nice find at the time. Your photos illustrate why a weed wacker should the next thing in ones field pack after the cameras. :-) Bob Witt

The covered hopper kinda looks like a B&O N-25 rebuilt from their N-13 open-top hoppers. Eric H. what do you think? Bob Witt

... and this end view of a MDT #15210 reefer. http://www.seymourhistory.org/gallery/?cat_id=15 Bob Witt

I believe this is the type of B&O car that Bill photographed. Burnt-out, but one can see the modifications to the former class M-26 box car Bob Witt

I believe this is the type of car Bill photographed. Burnt-out, but one can still see the modifications to the original B&O class M-26 box car. Bob Witt

A group of refrigerator cars with an interesting history. We assume this photo was to document another incident of damage. To me it looks like the bottom of the ice bunker has busted through the end i

I believe these are Rodger/Hart convertible ballast gondolas. Bob Witt See these examples:

Based upon the information on the HOseeker site [https://hoseeker.net/otherhotrains3.html] it appears Mainline Models never made a 40-ft reefer lettered for the ART. I have no good guesses. I would su

Steve and Dennis, thank you for your replies as they fill-in some gaps in my knowledge of freight cars. I didn't realize Pullman-Standard had this thing and actually built boxcar with interior lengths

Dennis, Since these cars were constructed for paper or news print service would the shorter interior length of 50'-0" be the result of extra thick end linings? I am curious what do the drawings show?

The Sunshine hoppers wouldn't work [I can't quickly find the Inside Length.]? twin bay chiseled side hoppers (Discontinued) Both series of cars were built by Pressed Steel Car so they could have done

I also worked on this model, the original Lindberg version, to tried to lower the body relative to the underframe. I can't quickly find my model, but I recall I cut the floor free from the car body an

Marty, This photo was captioned as a 2-bay rebuilt from the 4-bay. Bob Witt

Four photos of workmen harvesting ice from a ,lake. https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A147968/datastream/IMAGE/view Caption: Four pictures of men cutting

Another example of automobile loading. Note placard "UNLOAD FROM THIS SIDE" https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A154147/datastream/IMAGE/view Bob Witt

This seller has various drawings (blueprints) for NYC stencils on eBay. Several have initial dates of 1904 with the last revision as 1940. New listing Old Vintage 1936 NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD Bluepr