RE: patch panel on end Note there also appears to be a seam on the bottom end panel (same place as on the top end panel) Hard to tell w/o the whole end, but I'll speculate: ends were from a wider car

Note also P&R 26220(?) over on the left

I probably should have said… They also specifically note cars converted to work service (“Converted to W3000” or “Mxxxx” or “Sxxxx” or “0xxx”) Also some cars were “sold for scrap” [or retired] then 2

Looking thru the B&M car disposal records (coming, eventually, to the web site), one thing I noticed... Up thru 1930, cars were noted "sold for scrap" Starting in 1931, cars were noted "Retired" (or "

Any idea why the entire loading platform (in front of the NWX reefer, to the right of the pickup) appears to be on wheels? (look at the bottom-right, near the front track)

To expand on Dave Parker’s post… In the 1900 / 1907 painting guides for the B&M (Available from the B&MRRHS), caboose sides were “Brown”, ends (including cupola ends) were “Red”. So on the B&M the [pa

For the gory details: https://www.bmrrhs.org/gondola_90000_series/ From the “Car book” drawing it confirms the 1933 rebuild date. Note there is at least one photo with original (6 rib) ends and rectan

Looking at the benders for photo etched parts here: http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/index.php?cPath=21_225 I was wondering if anyone had thoughts/preferences/comments on the"hinged" types (MN004/014, o

Looks a lot like a “later?” Pullman Standard design? https://www.bmrrhs.org/box_79000_series/

RE: History of these cars: Try this: https://www.bmrrhs.org/box_71000_series/ I am working on collating the B&M “Disposition records” for these cars, I hope to add that data in the next month or 2. If

RE: Cattle chewing on coating Note the caption said the coating was tested “on 25 cars for 3 years”. I’m assuming someone would notice if there was a problem with the cattle chewing on the coating ove

Note the bottom end of stakes could be “tapered” to fit into a pocket on a flat car or gon. But probably they would start with something a bit closer to size than a 10x10”?

Love those end platforms!

Love the brake wheel on the “2nd from left end” car I assume “intentionally disconnected”, but could be a “whoops”?

Another possible reason that car rebuilding declined in the late 1920s is that the “all wood”, steel centersill, and (possibly) SUF cars started getting retired. As all-steel cars came along, there wa

Love that “jog” in the track around the semaphore ? (train order?) signal

There is a roofwalk support just next to where the lateral(?) roofwalk attaches. If you zoom in, it seems to me that the hinges are set up so the hatches open lengthwise (toward the end of the car) ra

1) They were only as accurate as the data the railroads supplied 2) I have noted a couple times where an intermediate line was removed but the following line’s “CLASS” field (using “dittos”) wasn’t fi

Schuyler: Re: “Photo with your dad” – note the 3 panel COTS which would make it post-1982?

Don’t forget that many/most “larger” passenger stations would need ice for passenger car A/C (obviously depending on whether cars that used ice AC would, or could, pass thru and need it at that point)