RE: Why the different roof? The FtDDM&S car is an ex B&M 72000 series car (4 door supports/guides). I am suspecting the WAG is an ex-71000 series (I can’t see the door area to confirm) They has differ

Never thought about this before… As the livestock need to be rested/watered/fed every so often, would (assuming the stock cars were off the “home” road) the road “resting” the livestock: - Take the op

If it helps, I found another 9 cars sold to them in Jul, 1949 Ken

in 1945 (13 cars) and 1947 (7 cars) (best as I can determine right now) the B&M sold some pulpwood racks to the West Virginia Pulp & Paper co. (later Westvaco) Do these show up in any ORERs of the per

What is the “widget” coming up from the roadbed in front of D&RG 65054 (car at right)? Something to couple to the car to prevent it from moving? Ken A.

RE: Sullivan County Yes, that was a B&M leased line, along the Connecticut River. Can anyone discern the #? Looks like “5x5” to me. If 525, then this series (sorry for lack of data…) https://www.bmrrh

B&M XM-1 builders photos (and lots of other data) available here: https://www.bmrrhs.org/box_71000_series/

Nice view of the underside of a lateral roofwalk!

Note the end doors on the PM

RE: railroad Boston & Maine

Also note the COMPLETE lack of other lettering: - Reporting marks - Weights - Dimensions - Etc. “As is”, would it even be acceptable for interchange service? Although it could have been a publicity st

I looked around, didn't seem to find anything... We're trying to date a wreck image using freight cars in the pictures. One (a WUF NYC&StL box) still shows "NEW 5/1907" By the CAPY/WT info (ORER info

I like the “T” section (?) Andrews trucks

The 2 gons to the left of the CM&St.P box are interesting to me. In particular, the half-visible one (not the NYC one) seems to be sitting very high off the trucks / body bolster. Ken

It was KEPX 119 (not KCEX) I can't find who owned those reporting marks.

According to Tim Gilbert, B&M covered hopper 5599 (purchased by the B&M 1954, later renumbered 010) was ex-KCEX #119, built "1916" (!!! pretty sure that's a typo) I can't find those reporting marks in

RE: Receiving stations in bay area Could another company have acted as a distributor in California?

Are those army trailers, “on end”, behind the first ATSF gon. on the left? They look too big to be the “jeep” trailers, so I’m guessing ones towed behind the larger trucks?

Is this the series of cars that ended up on the B&M as the B&M 7200 series (new to B&M in 1962)? https://www.bmrrhs.org/hopper_7200_series/ Ken

RE: B&M cars. There’s always the Jones and Lamson Machine Tool works from Springfield VT (Shipped on the Springfield Terminal) Sending machine tools to Boeing (or some aviation supplier)? Re: Potatoes