With Bill Welch's passing, I seem to recall that the book he was working on was going to be finished and published by someone else. Does anyone know the status of Bill's long awaited book? Scott Hayco

Hello- Going through my boxes of PFE reefers to sell I came across a solitary RTR R-40-10 in "PFE Black & White Herald" which is a dual herald scheme. Commonly called "Orange Hardware scheme" 8-52 rew

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Standard Railway Equipment didn’t start terming themselves “Stanray” until the early 1960s, so this is an anachronistic term for these cars. Tony Thompson tony@...

Was "SRE" actually the only manufacturer of "rectangular panel" and "diagonal panel" roofs? Or were these patented designs leased out to others? They did license the rectangular-panel roof to Chicago-

Can I justify 40' Chemical frameless Tank cars in 1953 with no domes? I'm looking for a common car not the exception, of course. I'm in S scale but if there was an HO or N scale model to look at or a

These have both been sold. Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 03:44:07 PM PST, Andy Carlson <midcentury@...> wrote: I have a pair of mint-new Intermountain PFE R-40-10 all

I have a pair of mint-new Intermountain PFE R-40-10 all steel reefer KITS in the "Double Herald" scheme. Stanray steel roof and early Dreadnaught sq corner ends. Riveted steel sides, the 1st class of

2 cars, both featured in the Klein/Cullotta NMRA book p27 CNJ 14087 ss rebuilt box car Hutchens ends, steel door, 4 diagonal metal braces p189 DL&W 60826 rebuilt 42' steel gon with 14 (14!) ribs the s

I hope everyone is enjoying a nice holiday week. I just got a note from Broadway announcing their new three-bay offset hoppers. In looking at the photos I think it could stand a few minor improvements

He had completed the patterns for a DRGW DS 50” boxcar that was supposed to be offered as a kit. He did a presentation of how he crafted the patterns. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock From: main@Re

Here is what I have... The cars were built by Haskell & Barker in 1921 on the eve of being taken over by Pullman, so may be similar. Dennis Storzek

Here is a great remastered video along the Southern Pacific. Great shot of a Standard Oil dealer and more industries along the road towards the end. These AI remastered videos are amazing! https://you

I have recently purchased a couple of Car Builders Cyclopedias (1946 & 1953). I was wondering how often did these come out? On Ebay, there seems to be plenty of 1943, 49-51, 1953 & 1957. Are there any

Anyone have a photo that shows the detail of boxcar end-wall Lumber Doors? I'm creating a 3D master of a single-sheathed boxcar and am struggling with how the door latched in the closed position, name

I found the attached item in the June 1952 issue of RAILROAD magazine. Does anyone have information on or photos of those tank cars? What “extract” did they haul from Tennessee to New York? Any inform

Hi all, Is there any correlation between the repack and reweigh dates? My way of thinking says not but that doesn’t mean anything! Thanks for the input. Tom

I am looking for a ride from the Orlando Airport to Cocoa Beach on Thursday January 5. I arrive at 3:50PM on Southwest flight 9876 (Got my fingers crossed on that one). If anyone expects to be departi

Hi Folks, I hope you’re getting excited for PR’23 (January 5-7, 2023 in Cocoa Beach, Florida). I know I am! At the moment, they are predicting 75 degrees in Cocoa Beach on Thursday, January 5th. I als

Hello everyone, I was using my free time to enjoy some archive films, to my astonishment I saw in a NYC clip a very strange looking covered hopper type car. Unfortunately the footage only shows the fi