Joe here is one from 1966. Not the 50s, but it appears the car dates from that era or earlier. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

It appears to be an open wall made of cubby holes for parts. A pile of parts or debris is visible in the shadow. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Clover House still makes and sells dry transfers. http://cloverhouse.com/Cart/ Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Don I suspect Clark means this model, or one of the other offerings from moloco trains https://www.molocotrains.com/products/res51001-undec-kit-pcf-50-rbl-plt-b-10-0-offset-door?variant=31098309410921

Dennis you are correct the tank looks like the one from Jordon. But the original question had been out what kind of truck, which I thought Tim was responding. Just to keep this focus on modeling attac

The Jordan trucks were Mack Bulldogs. This is not a Mack bulldog. Might be a Fageol, predecessor to Peterbilt. But I’m not sure. Parco was purchased by Sinclair in the early 30s. The town changed it’s

I meant to say since most meat from the Midwest was shipped east, I would guess those branch houses were all located in the east. And I agree with Tony regarding other commodities in meat reefers. Mea

Brian most meat heading to NYC westside traveled via the Erie. If that helps. Here is what I have for Kingan locations, it is not complete. State City City Plant Branch Alabama Dothan Kingan and Compa

My understanding is that Bragdon’s has an adhesive mixed in which is activated by pressure. Rubbing the powder generates the required pressure. To my knowledge no other weathering powders have any kin

IIRC The saying came about because the car would hold 40 men or 8 horses. Useful information for the military planners needing to move men and materials. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

The 1935 date is because that is the last report the ORER publisher received from the Granite City Steel Company. You will often see dates in reports being different from the publication date. Doug Ha

According to http://www.nakina.net/other/report/report.html GCSX Granite City Steel Co. 7/1930-1/1941; 1/1943-4/1961 (not listed) Granite City Steel cars are not listed in the 1943 ORER. Doug Harding

According to a post by Dave Husman on another site: Plate C max width is 10’8” including grabs and door fixtures. A car can be wider than that but cars over 11 ft are "dimensional" and over 12 ft are

Farmall with umbrella in the field https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM61181 The canvas covers were called heat housers https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=farmall&th

Tim actually the seats on the Farmalls were on a hinge, so they could be tipped backwards. I believe this prevented rain from puddling in the seat covering. The seat cover was canvas. Color varied thr

The message arrived in my inbox yesterday afternoon at 1:30pm, though it was sent on April 4th when the list were having a discussion about the rerelease of the Rapido meat reefer I assumed Steve woul

As cited in my previous message, the WCFN flatcar was 48’6” long, 3’6” longer than the CBQ FM-11. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Lloyd the WCFN was an interurban in eastern Iowa. http://www.r2parks.net/WCF&N.html They had a small fleet of freight cars. The Jan 1941 ORER shows a total of 87 cars, 25 gons, 29 Auto boxcars, and th

The Lifelike (now Walthers) tractor is a Farmall Super M-TA, first offered in 1954. The TA stood for Torque Amplifier, which had a two speed power shift, doubling the number of forward and reverse gea

The group files has a pdf on an AAR diagram on tractor loading in 1949, shows proper blocking, etc. Orientation on the flat car depended upon the size of the tractor. The Farmall M (the lifelike model