Hi List Members, Apparently, Boston & Maine boxcars made it to Florida, even at this early date! https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/1167 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, Two views for those wanting to model accuate watermelon loads for their steam era freight cars... https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/67030 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/sh

Hi List Members, UNION TEXAS NATURAL GAS tank car and WFE wood ice reefer in Tallahassee, FL 1964 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/54179 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/270723 Enjoy!

Group - One good reference is the article, Moving Melons by Rail, by David Steer, Railroad Model Craftsman, Jan. 2014. More about the cars is in Ventilated Box Car, by Robert L. Hundman, Mainline Mode

Bob and all; I see two Skelgas and at least three other (one being a UTLX), what look like ICC-105-300’s, almost certainly in compressed gas service. Is there a production area in the vicinity? Elden

Photos: Cotton Transportation Photos from the Jackson County Historical Society: Circa 1910 – Loading cotton at railroad depot, Tupelo https://jacksonhistory.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/103.jpg Tra

Meant to send this here, but absentmindedly sent it to the old Yahoo group. Anyway.... As mentioned during Hindsight 20/20, we will be conducting some weeknight clinics, as well as further iterations

Tom; I am the one who provided that research, but have been unable to verify who generated the loads, or a photo that shows stenciling for routing. I suspect these may be re-purposed “silk” cars, but

Can anyone point me to plans or drawings for a carbon black hopper? Asking for a friend who wants to scratchbuild one in S scale. Thanks in advance, Bud Rindfleisch

Friend Jim Brewer recently shared some information on various lots of PS-1 boxcars ordered by the Norfolk and Western. One of these was for a group of only 5 cars, identified in the data as PS Lot 816

Photo: MP End-Door Boxcar 45396 A 1955 photo from the Oklahoma Historical Society: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc221689/?q=train Click on the photo to enlarge it and use the Zoom butt

Hi List Members, ACL 27103 40ft steel boxcar https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/52983 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, SAL 15709 40ft boxcar, Jacksonville FL https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/53116 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, I-GN 14171 auto boxcar, Jacksonville FL https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/52975 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, SAL 89728 40ft ds vent box in 1954 at Jacksonville FL https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/53123 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, SAL 9050 steel auto boxcar https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/53048 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, Shipping watermelons from Florida... https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/342061 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, TEXACO tank car string, Miami FL, 1940 https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/319850 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Group; To add: Here is an example of the PRR’s “silk” car fleet. Not lost on me is the car number, right next to a rayon car number of 1964. Note the interior dedicated racking equipment. The obvious

Hi List Members, Shipping sugar cane by rail... https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/141811 Enjoy! Claus Schlund