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

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

Hi List Members, Some might enjoy this view of Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR Boxcar #9047, a 50ft auto box, dated 1950 https://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/photo55/foto0571.jpg Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Group; From what I’ve been able to glean, this is PRR’s attempt at (or documentation of) more automated box car cleaning, in this case, for GN cars. PRR was having a hard time absorbing costs from cle

Friends, While scanning my prints I came upon this interesting photo of a GN boxcar. I found the faded original in a file when I was assigned to the Coast Guard District 11 headquarters in Long Beach.

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

Nice car, Claus! Elden Gatwood

This June 1955 rebuild is part of the oddball group with high tack boards on the ends and low on the doors. PRR was getting orders of doors, sides and ends, in batches, and used what they had on hand.

Group; After much close examination and head-scratching, I believe what we are looking at is a PRR class G31D number 376358 (I think). The Budd-produced underbodies are for an unknown manufacturer, bu

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

Thank you, Tom! Elden Gatwood

https://digital.hagley.org/AVD_2017206_075?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=aaddfe897c14a4c4acd4&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=1&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=2 Thanks! Elden Gatwood

Richard, Among the welded 40’ steam era reefers described in the archives are a batch of FGE cars circa 1947 described by Bill Welch. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> o

Photo: DuPont Tank Cars (1940) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1972341_0339 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. I wonder if a plastic model manufacture could figure

Elden, I recognize that car, at least the general design, as a GSC 58’ depressed center flat. It could indeed have been an ERIE car, 7260-7265, rated at 125 tons, but other railroads had these as well

Claus, Group; I dug through my pics in depth, and could not locate this car, but I think it is not NKP (hence the airbrushed out lettering), but another road (like Erie or NYC maybe) that had the even

Photo: NYC Pacemaker Boxcars (1949) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PC20110307_471 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

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

Photos: Boxcar Cleaning Equipment A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_22175 https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_22173 Click on the photos to enlarge them. Bob Chaparro

An interesting array of box, reefer and early TOFC cars/trailers; even an increased height ATSF BX-11 or -12. https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/51040509441/