Years ago I detailed up one of those TM double-sheathed boxcars with the Dreadnaught end, as a stand-in for a Lehigh Valley '24 ARA double-sheathed boxcar. The discrepancy between the 3/3/3 end, and t

I really wonder about those ends. The 3/3/3 dreadnaught was used in the '20s on 10' IH auto cars. The T-M model is more like 8'6", maybe 9' IH. Maybe they reduced the rib spacing ?? Jack Mullen

I'm glad the Red Caboose (Intermountain) X29s are a thing. I wish Intermountain made more of them. Unbuilt kits all over the place are also good.

Thanks everyone. I do have plans to redo the car due to my errors and me scraping off rivets that didn't belong on the prototype. Has anyone here ever made their own hatch platforms for these cars? A

NMRA offers a reprint of this book. $60.00 hardback, includes shipping. May be cheaper than copying a download and then printing it., especially if ypu include the value of your time dealing with this

I have the complete set. As I mentioned up-thread, I got the two more recent tomes from the local public library and copied the fold-outs.

Shell also used SCMX SCCX SEMX SCAX It's illegible in my opinion. The blur could be scanner artifacts.

Jim Dick wrote: When we talk about costs, we seem to forget that nearly all haulage, per diem, switching etc. charges were SMALL compared to the revenue from freight bills. A little longer route would

Right - we've forgotten corn syrup! My mom always had Caro syrup in the kitchen.

For how many years was the TM steel box car the only model that could stand in for the X29? :-D Tim O'

I am in the process of building the Resin Car Works Soo Line 50’ boxcar kit. Two different type of brake gear are provided, but I couldn’t find any information that shows which series of cars used whi

And to complete the Droege “trilogy”, Yards and Terminals and Their Operation is also available on google books; https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yards_and_Terminals_and_Their_Operation/AGw5AAAAMA

The later 1925 version is available free from google books https://books.google.com/books/about/Freight_Terminals_and_Trains.html?id=9O5KAAAAMAAJ

Thanks Bob for posting this link. Gems like this provide enjoyable reading and can be drawn upon again and again. Jerry Masters, a friend I have often researched with at the MNHS, who is also a civil

The NMRA reprinted Freight Terminals & Trains several years ago. Copies are still available. https://www.nmra.org/store/books Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I have a hardbound copy of Passenger Terminals and Trains. Am very glad to learn that there is a download available for Freight Terminals and Trains. Thanks. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

O'Connor, stated "- railroad traffic distances and routes often have nothing to do with the "shortest path" between two points." I do not think so. There is a cost to the railroad and every cost needs

Thanks for the advice, Garth. When I bought the cars I had seen they needed grab irons and brake detail. I hadn't noticed that the SP car had metal ends when I bought it, I had thought it was identica

I searched on Passenger Terminals and Trains and found his other classic book for download. Nelson Moyer

Thanks for pointing this scan out, Bob. I noticed that the physical book they scanned was through the courtesy of funding by James J. Hill as mentioned on the first flyleaf. Good old Jim Hill still ed