STMFC, For those interested per the above two photo references, Greenville Steel Car Co. built 4 orders of Union Carbide Co. covered hopper cars of like-design with UCCO reporting marks. Greenville us

Bob and others interested, The SHPX 3342 tank car leased by the Hooker Electrochemical Co. was one of 10 cars (SHPX 3337-3346) built as ACF lot 3613 in 11-50. A builder photo of SHPX 3337 is shown on

STMFC members, Per request by Patrick C. Wider, now available for purchase is DVD Number 2 containing U.S. railway patents including patents applicable to steam era freight cars. Please refer to the a

Eric, George, and Bob, Concur with the NYC box car 5-57 reweigh stencils, however, the build date that’s difficult to read is 9-50. The NYC 170338 in question was one of 1,500 PS-1s built in Pullman-S

Greg, Attached is the requested PGE page 228 from the 4/47 ORER. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Hugh, You’re correct that Kadee’s initial release of SB 116 (Kadee catalogue no. 7024) had incorrect white stencils. Approximately two years later and having realized the error, Kadee released their s

Ken & others interested, While the 1950 photo isn’t sufficiently clear to provide a car number, the visible clue is the Murphy end that’s the spotting feature to determine the origin. The MP coke car

Tim, For about 7 years the ORER listed Southern’s quantity of 50 lot 5919-A PS-1 box cars (26487-26527, 262050-262055, 307023-327024, 330500) erroneously grouped with other box cars having 8’ door ope

Eldon, I have received several of Kadee’s new models, and your assumption is correct. Kadee models representing PS-1 box cars built in 1947 & 1948 are found at www.kadee.com. In addition to the good i

Dennis, According to B&LE diagrams for the 90-ton cars built in 1931 (HT4) through 1941 (HT17, HT19, HT21, HT22), the trucks all had a 5’-8” wheel base as did the HT16 & HT18 cars with 70-ton trucks b

STMFC members, Following is a summary of B&LE twin or triple hopper cars equipped with the type of heavy-duty truck that has been discussed. I’m providing as much information as I have available from

Scott & others interested, The Oct. 1966 ORER lists Rio Grande 50150-51499, which were 350 second-hand 40’-6” PS-1 box cars built in 1948 with 7’ door openings. In any event this is after the prescrib

Matthew, Throughout the 1940s-1950s, ACL’s flat cars & other open-type cars were typically black with white stencils. Some cars received black paint as the final finish coat while others received blac

STMFC members, For a mini-project I’m working on, will appreciate your help with supplying the ORER quantity for 3 specific dates that pertain to a continuously-increasing series of 36’ Wilson Car Lin

Paul, I have just one photo from the MP 8000-8099 series of 45’ flat cars (MP 8036 L-side), but it doesn’t provide a good view of the hand brake. All of MoPac’s flat cars built from 1936 to 1938 at th

Ron, A photo of new T&P 41018, built 10-51 by the Mount Vernon Division of Pressed Steel Car Co., shows the brake reservoir mounted longitudinally. The 3/4BR view is available from J. Michael Gruber o

Bob, To answer your question, it’s hard to say without doing an ORER search for HM’s having 1995 cu. ft. (115 more than the standard 1880 cu. ft. USRA design). The photo shows what may have been an ex

Johannes, I’ll take a stab at answering your questions. Over time during the STMFC period were several sizes of carbon black cars to include capacities of 3000, 3400, 3465, 3480 & 3500 cubic feet. The

STMFC members, Per request by Patrick C. Wider, now available for purchase is a DVD containing U.S. railway patents including numerous patents applicable to steam era freight cars. Following is summar

Bruce, Following is some history & other info. In August 1941 Missouri Pacific and subsidiary International-Great Northern (I-GN) each placed orders with Bethlehem Steel Co. (BSC) for 50 flat cars of