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)

If the photo date is correct (1957) would the truss rods and arch bar trucks also indicate "non interchange" use only?

Charlie – 8 ORERs 1903-1905 are available thru Google Books 9 are available for 1901 Note each PDF typically has 2 or 3 issues of the ORER (apparently Stanford bound them together, then they were scan

Holes look to me like “teardrop” shaped, probably sized/shaped to fit between the “ribs” on the back side. Look at the left most wheels

And NYC flat x97x27(?) beyond it

RE: Chains I almost missed the chains are attached to a ?strap? (at least the one the guy on the left is using is), which then (eventually) is attached to a winch of some sort I would assume the other

Are you talking about the horizontal "lines" just be low the car numbers, extending the length of the car? Looks to me like an insulated tank, and the 2 pieces of jacket have angle irons attached, wit

Although I agree it is probably in captive use (due to all the other reasons mentioned), just because the load has not been secured is (to me) not the reason (or not sufficient reason). The photograph

The “go to” guy for ICC valuation data at NARA Suitland used to be David Pfeiffer Not sure if he’s retired by now (I last emailed him approx. 2003) I have an email for him if you want to try it, messa

Looks Santa Fe to me - Curved map - “..e way” peaking out about the middle of the door

Speaking of these trucks... Anyone know what is this "widget" attached to the truck? Damping device? Over-travel (or over-load) limiter? Image extracted from https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-B

IIRC, the railroad allowing a shipper to load the car with one of the “contaminating” loads had to pay for rebuilding (relining the interior?) the car

Ed – Thanks for all the B&LE info. I’m trying to figure out where the B&M 7000 (2nd) HTs and 7600-7799 HMs came from. Both were ex-B&LE cars. Some info can be found here: https://www.bmrrhs.org/hopper