Chris, Would you please contact me off list at mark_landgraf at yahoo dot com Yhanks Mark

I grew up in Buffalo and was aware of their operations in Ebenezer NY. During some recent research on Greenville Steel Car, it became apparent that Morrison used GSC to rebuild various batches of cars

Well on steam locomotive factory drawings the side walkways are referred to as Running Boards. In the era of boxcar with wooden roof walks, the factory drawings refer to them as Running Boards. Many f

Bob The St Louis Transportation Museum has most of the drawings. Some are cataloged and some aren't. Ed Hawkins (in this group) is a volunteer there. Ed maintains a large database of the drawings and

Bob It's so much fun to work with 100 year old paper. I've found that high humidity helps temporarily get rid of the brittleness in old paper prints. Steamtown uses a large steam box that they have. I

Dan I can sympathize with your efforts. I'm currently dealing with 75000 line spreadsheet dealing with Alco Photos. Additionally I'm dealing with 38,000 freight car images. Organization is important.

Depending on how flat the back of the resin casting is, you can use double sided carpet tape to hold the part down while you are machining it. Use a window razor scrapper to get under the part and pop

These appear to be tensioning nuts for a diagonal bracing that would help transfer internal forces from shifting loads from the car end to the floor. The other end would penetrate the car floor near t

Skins might be beef Hides. It was relatively common to ship green (not tanned) beef hides that would be turned into leather. They were usually shipped hand stacked in boxcars. It was a relatively comm

The LV in about 1960 constructed a new yard in Niagara Falls that included a split track and a beam scale. In about 2000, the Port of Oswego NY installed a single track electronic scale. Hope this hel

Craig You didn't state whether your intent was to create straight, 2 bend, 4 bend or 6 bend grabs, nor if you were going to round wire. Then there is the end treatment process. In the wire world it's

Ed There are a variety of AAR hopper drawing reprints in the Sept 1987 Mainline Modeler, including the one that you are looking for. The drawing that appears in the Car Cycs appears to be the AAR draw

Andy Bottles can be refilled for 10 years before they need to be re-certified. Normally you exchange them at the local welding supplier. The gas in the tank will have no humidity it. That can be benef

Andy Bottles can be refilled for 10 years before they need to be re-certified. Normally you exchange them at the local welding supplier. The gas in the tank will have no humidity it. That can be benef

I found the photo on page 392 of the 1937 CBC. However the drawings make it look like there is aconcave shape to the top of the cast to allow the tank to be cradled. Mark

Gentlemen Thank you for all of your factual information. For those of you that are curious, this drawing came in a collection that I am scanning from a guy in Reading PA. It appears to be a lone ATSF

Gentlemen I have a Tank Car General Arrangement drawing with no railroad or manufacturer marking. The drawing number is expressed as a fraction, 18-A over 1171 The date on the drawing is Oct 4 1929, a

Charlie BN donated all of the freight car drawings from the 5 predecessor railroads to DeGolyer Library. To the best of my knowledge, the collection does exist but in an uncatalogged state. Because it

Charlie BN donated all of the freight car drawings from the 5 predecessor railroads to DeGolyer Library. To the best of my knowledge, the collection does exist but in an uncatalogged state. Because it

Charlie BN donated all of the freight car drawings from the 5 predecessor railroads to DeGolyer Library. To the best of my knowledge, the collection does exist but in an uncatalogged state. Because it