I am still looking for brake inspection decals for NY C freight cars in the 1940's. I have not come across any set that has them Thanks for any help: Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy s

Although the photo is from after the end date of this group, it seems like none of the photo's content is. 700 miles from the U.S. border, we can still see a radial-course GATC tank car, a longitudina

All- Thanks for the side trip into Railroad Terminolgy. Turns out that the question was raised by a faulty memory on the part of the researcher…he remembered “magazine” when the reference was “journal

CB&Q 36' Livestock Car Kit An HO kit from Leadville Designs: https://leadvilledesigns.com/ Description from the manufacturer: “These cars were built by AC&F in the early 1920s for the CB&Q. With Z ste

All- What item pertaining to railroads would be "a magazine". This is in the context of an item of value that could be sold by a thief.....not a publication. Asking for an author who is attempting to

Photo: Delivering Poultry By Truck To Poultry Car (Undated) A photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148742423 On the link scroll to enlarge the photo. The car is LPTC 426 a

I model the Wabash in the early to mid 1950s and have come to realize that I don't have enough Wabash box cars. It would seem I need more 40 ft. steel cars that are accurate. I have a few rebuilds fro

Photo: Loading Boxcar With Artillery/Bomb Shells (Circa 1919) Photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86717616 On the link scroll to enlarge the photo. Anyone know if these a

Photo: Poultry In Crates Inside Poultry Car (Undated) A photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148742419 On the link scroll to enlarge the photo. Taken at Rockingham County,

MORNING ALL: Here is a shot from a PFE refer at the Paris museum near Los angled. Above the truck is a devise in the area where a defect card holder is normally placed. This is unlike any defect card

And comparing the R-40-14 ends to the R-40-25 ends we see the characteristic change in the topmost major rib that occured about 1949 and model companies have mostly ignored (with the exception of one

Photo: War Material In Gondola Cars (1918) Photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/45518110 On the link scroll to enlarge the photo. Budd Manufacturing Company. I’m not sure

Here is 44739 Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Dan Smith <espeefan@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date: Monday, October 10, 2022 at 8:19 PM To: <main@Real

More refrigerator car photos taken by Dallas Gilbertson, North Western Refrigerator Line Refrigerator Car NWX 10548 at Santa Maria, CA in May 1953. Tom Dill Collection, Pacific Northwest Railroad Arch

In a recent message, I've noticed another example of a double sheathed car with no fascia, the metal roof being nailed directly to the car siding. Dennis Storzek

Japanese Internees Unloading A Boxcar Photo from the National Archives. Circa 1942-1945. Caption: “Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Volunteer workers loading a truck from a boxcar for tran

Early Intermodal?

Shoot me now. Another color controversy. I was about to paint 3 more SP BX-13/-14 Sunshine kits, when my Rapido SS USRA cars showed up (left in photo). And what is this? poop brown? Following a long r

Has anyone made a list of what manufactures have made PS-1 boxcars in HO scale and what attributes each model has? Something like Kadee 40' PS-1 Boxcar 10 panel, 6' Youngstown Door etc. I am trying to

One more refrigerator car from the lens of Dallas Gilbertson, Pure Carbonic Co. dry ice refrigerator car DICX 319. Tom Dill Collection, Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive. Richard Wilkens Director of