Elden, And why would you expect your operators to be any less human than the guys on the 1-1 RRs. *G* Your operators probably said "If Elden put it in the train it must need to be delivered somewhere!

I have a picture of a train on the S.P. Toledo branch in Oregon taken circa 1949. I would like to know the prototype for the unusual double-sheathed boxcar directly behind the engine. It appears to be

I was recently able to acquire 4 pages of "Daily Interchange Report of Cars" from the NJI&I to the Wabash at Pine, Indiana. For those unfamiliar with the NJI&I, it was a Wabash subsidiary which ran ab

Hi List Members, An unusual car - compressed gas? Photo was taken on the SP. Nothing to provide a date other than the automobiles. Image is mirror reversed. Anyone care to share some insights? http://

We recently had a great photo of a WP flat car with a load of BIRCHFIELD boilers posted on this list. Multiscale Digital produces thus model and Gerald Glow has the decals. Multiscale also offers a Ke

Hello- I found the cover photo on Ted Cullota's "Focus on the Freight car, vol 10", of a 1936 photo of a West Coast gasoline company tank car very sentimental. My interest in this company relates to h

Guys; Absolutely agree. Mis-routing was more common than many folks think. I stumbled across stacks of correspondence trying to find out where cars disappeared. Sometimes it was intentional, like the

I believe this company is out of business. Did another company or companies take over their product line? Thanks. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Flat Car Deck: What Color? I have a Tangent Scale Models HO scale GSC sixty-foot flatcar. The car is supposed to be a Santa Fe Class Ft-7. It has a build date of 4-56 which is perfect as I model 1956.

Unusual with its fishbelly sidesills is L&N woodrack #20233, from the #20200-20299 series. In 1941 L&N rebuilt ventilator boxcars from several series, some of which had fishbelly sidesills. The carbod

March 12th and 13th. Sign up at link https://tcdnmra.org/event-calendar/ You need to sign up for each day separately Clark

Good ol' GATX 1638. She's had a good run, now it's time for her to move on! https://www.ebay.com/itm/114717860829?ul_noapp=true Clark

Does someone have the instruction sheet for this kit that you could scan for me? Jaeger Products #2900 HO aluminum pipe gondola load instruction sheet Thanks, Steve Johnson Nashville, TN

Notice something odd about this load? https://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-Athearn-1221-SANTA-FE-ATSF-40-SD-Box-Car-16989-Load-Upgraded-Train-MWKD/265064550965 Ben Hom

I've discovered the M&StL served the Minneapolis Moline plant near the Red Owl warehouse. I thought I might as well put down the products going into the plant while I have the book. After doing the Re

Group, I want to start a project to convert about 15 reefer cars from K brakes to AB brakes and need brake reservoirs. I don't want to steal just the reservoirs from Tichy or other sets and have enoug

Jon's daughter, Stephanie, has sent this link to Jon's obituary: https://hayward.chapelofthechimes.com/obituaries/Jon-Miller-7/#!/Obituary It's fairly simple and focuses on Jon's railroad interests. F

Photo: Rio Grande Flatcar 23018 (1956) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/12757/rec/9 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it.

Photo: N&W Boxcar 47500 (Class B-7) A photo from the Virginia Tech Universities Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2895 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Part of series 47500-4

Folks I've hit a wall. Does anyone want to share photos of Southern's 40' double door double sheathed box cars. In 1949 my ORER shows there were 4647 of them in four number series but I can't find a p