Douglas Harding wrote: “Many double deck stockcars had single doors on each side. These cars would have a “bull board” which was a 2x6 that was placed in brackets creating a barrier in the door openin

Dave Nelson wrote: “Large close up of loaded gondola, Chicago, late 40’s.” The most glaring element of this load is the stakes. They are laminated, each made up from what appears to be two 2” x 6” rou

Bruce Smith wrote: “Since I model 1944, that car will need to be reweighed. I realize that a car could be reweighed by any road when due, but typically, the home shops tried to get that done. Any idea

Claus Schlund wrote: “An illustration of auto loading in boxcars, 1932...” An experimental installation of an auto loading device produced by Evans Products Company, Detroit. The design was from Keith

R. J. Dial wrote: “YMW has the lateral supports, that should help Marty. I was referring to the longitudinal running board supports ("saddles" is the industry term on drawings).” As “Latitudinal Runn

Andy wrote: “I am reminded often that we can search for previous STMFC,io posts on subjects of our interest. Tonight I tried to find a search engine on the STMFC.io home page. I could not find one.” C

Bob Chaparro asked, “Was the white stripe requirement ever dropped?” Not within the timeframe of this list. I doubt it was ever dropped, the cars simply fell out of favor as railroads progressed with

Garth Groff wrote: “What I didn't see mentioned in this thread (or missed) is the coding on and below the strip. Did this indicate the make and model of vehicle for which these racks were configured,

Bill, You are most welcome, but I jumped the gun...follows is the correct date and information from an earlier post. The ARA adopted the white stripe as an indicator for cars equipped with permanent a

Bill wrote: “One of the comments says, The horizontal white stripe on the door indicates that the car has automobile-loading racks". Was this "standard" across all railroads, or just for certain roads

Rest In Peace, Bill. We were friends beginning in a time when letters and phone calls were still in vogue. Enjoy your last ride out of the station and say hello to the others awaiting your arrival on

Doug Harding wrote: “The 28 hr Law of 1906 outlawed any feeding or watering while in transit, making the apparatuses useless.” From Section 3 of “The 28 Hour Law” in reference to unloading, feeding an

Ed Hawkins wrote: “The SSW diagram for 46000-46199 denotes the following info. 3. Roof raised & steel roof applied by SSW 1939 The cars were equipped with Evans Auto~Loaders, Type “E”, 8 tubes, coinci

Bob Chaparro wrote: The door is stenciled "9-5", "10-6" and "8-E". The white rectangle above the 3” white stripe indicates that the car’s Evans Auto~Loaders are stored and inoperable. They may have si

Dave Parker were: “It would take some compelling photographic evidence to convince me that there were non-compliant cars in interchange in 1920 (or, perhaps, even in 1912).” From the list archives (20

On Aug 22, 2020, at 8:24 AM, Don Valentine wrote: “Thanks for that observation Ken. You may be correct but I’m not certain given that I can’t see as much in the shadows and cannot find such a car in M

Bob asked: “My question is, when did the stenciling of car types on freight cars become mandatory?” 1959 AAR Interchange Rules: Rule 3, Section (s), Paragraph (9) Stenciling: AAR mechanical designatio

Pierre Oliver, You’ve done an excellent job on these various kits. Are you offering the appropriate decals for the 65100-65199 series cars which were equipped with Evans Auto~Loaders? Regards, Guy Wil

Bruce, Thank you. I would hope the XAR’s come to fruition down the road. Definitely looking forward to an upgrade from the Bowser models. Regards, Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada “That is correct. The Rapido

Bruce Smith wrote: "The X31B/C would need a new mold. Much easier to get X31s out of the current mold with floor tubes and end fixtures (maybe an etched brass part?)" Bruce, Is it safe to assume that