A pillar crane similar to one once offered by Alexander (I believe).

Those wheels appear to have the wide NMRA Rp 25 treads.

It’s at the bottom of the steps and just a way to safely cross that considerable ditch. The span is too long for a simple board, thus the angled reinforcement.

Anodized aluminum can be many colors, think bronze colored aluminum window frames. But you may be thinking of clear anodized which is a bit like clear coat if my feeble memory is accurate.

I must dispute the comment about these not being beehive ovens. They are identical to the freestanding beehive ovens, just buried for heat retention and operational reasons. They were still called bee

Apologies to Clays for repeating what he had noted. Should have read his post instead of going directly to the photo.

While there may be a mine hidden in the background, it is more significant to note the beehive coke ovens dominating the photo. The carefully placed hoppers placed to match the doors of the ovens that

Horses were used later than most folks think. Milk and bread were delivered to homes in my neighborhood in Toronto as late as 1949 when we moved to “rural” North Yorke where trucks were used. When I t

I hate to nit pick but I believe they are going to unload cans, not can stock, which is the raw material for cans usually in a cup or roll.

Looks a bit like a load of puppies but that seems unlikely!

It looks like the brickwork joints on the left side were roughly and crudely repointed to repair water damage. If not properly cleaned, usually with Muriatic acid, a light coating from the mortar coul

There is a T-Rex oil company but I found no reference to tank cars. Lionel also offers this paint scheme. In any event, we need a time machine to find such future paint schemes.

In my youth U commuted with a Pennsy man whose job was to locate missing or misrouted cars. A full time job it seemed. The worst were a pair of long missing PRR box cars he finally located in Mexico.

I belong to the NMRA Facebook group and the posts age rife with questions from beginners, many obviously young because they want answers from the net and not from books or magazines. And they usually

A quick Google search led me to a site that stated oil recycling began in the 30s and grew substantially during WWII. Oil doesn’t wear out. It gets dirty and loses some of its components. Used oil can

The C&O also had similar cars with the reinforcing rods.

Coke was quenched for cooling and handling as it came out of the ovens. Photos of beehive ovens show spigots and hoses between ovens. It could also be bagged for smaller deliveries.

Cobb was a perennial Land Speed Record racer at Bonneville.

I like the meat rail running out to the car. My first reaction was it was a long way to carry a side of beef until I looked closer.

Clearly a limestone half column, or pilaster. Indiana limestone was the standard for many public buildings.