The follow up post on hopper details has published on my DesignBuildOp blog. USRA hopper details are also included. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2021/04/23/coal-hopper-details-pt-2/ Eric Hansman

Photo: Swift Reefer 2805 A photo from the Penney Vanderbilt And KC Jones website: https://penneyandkc.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/maybrook_yard_004.jpg My 1955 Equipment Register shows no listings for

Hi List Members, Heavy duty flat on ERIE in 1953 http://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/magads2/mas1016.jpg More info at the link below... https://www.thejumpingfrog.com/product/2046984/Weighty-problem-wit

Here is the last installment of "Daily Interchange Report of Cars" from the NJI&I to the Wabash at Pine in 1953. The following list is dated 07May53. All cars originated at South Bend. I am showing In

Regarding Kadee’s trucks made with HGC (high gravity compound), How well does paint adhere to them? Any types of paint work better on these trucks than others? Thanks in advance. Wayne

Hi List Members, Altho the image was photographed in Providence RI in 1968, I suspect this Lake Terminal gon LT 2570 was around during the steam era. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50531094418_e5

Photos: Reading Gondolas A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1986268_0225 Click on the photo to enlarge it. One car is 29035. A second photo of 28407 https://digital.h

Photo: Reading Hopper 74778 (1930) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/80318_086 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Specimen: Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Freight Car Weigh Ticket From the jumping frog website: http://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/epm05jan22/epm1203.jpg Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Gregg Condon forwarded these recent photos of this URTX/Milw wooden reefer in Winona, Minn., serving as a storage shed, and until recently hidden under falsework siding. Here's the backstory, In Gregg

Who Manufactured This Model? I recently acquired this HO scale model at a swap meet. Nobody seemed to know who manufactured it. The model has a wood body with printed sides, brass door hinges and wire

There used to be a wonderfully entertaining book called "Oregon Geographic Names." Not sure if it is still in print. You can add Riddle, OR to your list, Brian, and Arock and Lone Rock. I also like Sp

Photo: MDT Reefer 16883 Photo courtesy of Mike Robbins on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/40496560693/in/album-72157631664600097/ He writes: “Merchants Despatch Refrigerator Line (MDT)

Photo: New Haven Gondola X-598 Photo courtesy of Mike Robbins on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/50852954007/in/album-72157631664600097/ Spotted at a Gulf Oil Corporation building in th

Hi List Members, This looks to be a PRR class GS gondola to me - Philadelphia PA 1932 Way too dirty to read any reporting marks... https://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=42505

Group; Is this “Dowel-Loc” flooring? https://digital.hagley.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A2364551/datastream/OBJ/view I have been trying to figure out that story. I imagine some debris collected in

Hi List Members, While we could wish for a little better resolution, an image of a PM ds boxcar in 1907 Philadelphia PA https://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=6088 Enjoy! Claus

Photos: GATX/DuPont Tank Car 63321 (Circa 1940s) Photos from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1972341_3685 https://digital.hagley.org/1972341_3686 Scroll on the photos to enlarg

Photo: PRR Gondolas A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1986268_0288 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Like A Desk Job Without The Desk Photo courtesy of Mike Robbins on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/50435189753/in/album-72157631664600097/ He writes: “New Haven Railroad employee