I am aware of at least one St Louis customer, a wine distributor, that was served via an elevated siding that came off the approach to one of the Mississippi River bridges. Mark Landgraf

Ken - here is FCJ19-20 Mark

Ken Pls contact me off list. I can help you. Mark.Landgraf at Yahoo dot com

In the Canadian Maritimes, the salting and drying of Cod was popular. The fish in the photo are a bit large for herring. Frozen herring are about the size of a cigar. Mark Landgraf

I can attest that green hides showed up in Gowanda NY for many years in open top gondolas. As they collected rain or snow en route, it created a soup. The conductors were sure to keep coupling speeds

Does anyone have shop drawings for these cars? I would to get a scan of them. I have any engineering scanner at my house. Or I can pay you to obtain the scans locally. Mark Landgraf Mark_landgraf@yaho

Is there a listing of on line shippers for GN? Or any conductors switch lists or yard lists or junction interchange lists for GN available? Maybe these documents could assist in identifying the commod

The answer is the mid 1960s They are still manufactured by Antenna Specialist model ASP-16. It's 11.4 inches tall. It currently sells for $293. Looking in the Diesel Spotters Guide the GP-18 in 1963 h

I have about 6 months of interchange and local industrial switching between Maybrook-Poughkeepsie and Hopewell Jct. It identifies customer, car type, commodity, reporting marks, car number, originatin

You might try, for a boxcar, packing it with foam rubber. If you are really desperate, fill the car with non expanding spray foam. Given the sloppiness of using spray foam, I would do it on a painted

Generically speaking, in order to gain leverage, a gear box was used. This was most often seen on flat cars with drop shaft brake wheels in a post K brake era. Could we be looking at a gearbox mounted

Guys Thanks for the Rdg Reefer images. Mark

I'm looking for a photo of a Reading Reefer class RMg with road numbers 19300-19399. These cars were built in the Reading shops during 1909 and 1910. I would appreciate any assistance. Thanks Mark Lan

The intellectual property was acquired by Amsted of Chicago. The drawings and microfilm remain in tact and accessible. Mark Landgraf Albany NY

The NKPHTS has a large photo collection that has been fully scanned. I would reach out to John Slater. Nkphts433l@... Mark Landgraf Albany NY

Joe As it turns out, L&N, and several others, seemed to like 20 panel fishbelly gons. The early batches, one for L&N 25000-25299, and another for NC&StL 41000-41025 that were re# L&N 26200-26224, and

Joe Can you identify cars manufacturer, when it was built, or other rrs that had the same car. Road numbers would be helpful too. Fishbelly frame and or sides? What is the side panel count? I have a l

How about using a 3D printer process to deliver paint thru a small bore needle ? I'm not aware of anybody doing this. Mark Landgraf

When you add water to CC you get acetylene gas that is most commonly used in welding. Yes it was used in hand lamps, headlites on cars and locos as well as mining helmets. The gas becomes well unstabl

It looks like a drawbar from the trailer hitch of the truck to coupler of the car for the purpose of moving the car around the facility. Mark Landgraf