I received an order from a STMFC'er this past weekend for one of my resin box car casting sets. This particular one was for a Western Pacific 40' single sheathed z-bar trussed box car. Since I have be

Friction Bearings – How Old Is This Term? Way back on 6/6/16, Dave Evans defended Timken against the commonly publicized criticism that Timken invented the term “friction bearing” as a put-down agains

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114879864240?ul_noapp=true Clark Propst

Looking thru the B&M car disposal records (coming, eventually, to the web site), one thing I noticed... Up thru 1930, cars were noted "sold for scrap" Starting in 1931, cars were noted "Retired" (or "

Ray, Red pigments are one of the earliest color pigments that human used. Red pigments occur naturally in the form of iron oxides, hence the name "oxide red" as a common paint color for that boxcar re

Friction Bearings – How Old Is This Term? Way back on 6/6/16, Dave Evans defended Timken against the commonly publicized criticism that Timken invented the term “friction bearing” as a put-down agains

Photo: NYC Gondola 501235 With Heavily Weathered Canisters Photo from the New York Central Historical Society: https://nycshs.omeka.net/items/show/96588 The car has been “white lined” so probably on w

Ken, What follows is speculation and not specific knowledge, but... Most likely so that loads that are wider than normal clearances can also be unloaded on what may be the public delivery track. And b

Working on an F&C F22 and the coupler box covers are friction fin not screws. Instead of CA I tried canopy glue thinking that if I ever needed to access the pocket for maintenance it might let me. Tim

Photo: Damaged NWX/Canadian Club Reefer 14471 (1935) Photo from Helena History website: http://www.helenahistory.org/liquor-warehouse-in-ruins-1935.html Caption: “Talk had already begun by April of 19

Photo: PRR Livestock Cars (1941) Photo from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8c19605/ Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Claus, No need to try to decipher the markings. The only possible cars for the right-hand car would be K7 or K7A. Since the car to the left is a K8, that makes the car to the right a K7A due to the ma

Need some help identifying the sprue I found on my workbench. It’s an Ajax brake wheel and related parts. Does anyone recognize the manufacturer? Brian J. Carlson

I've assembled painted a CHS NYC gon rebuilt from a USRA car, or so the instructions say. It also states these cars were numbered 349000-349999 in two batches. Then it says these cars were renumbered

Car Builder’s Dictionaries From the Smithsonian Libraries: 1879: https://archive.org/details/carbuildersdicti00mast/page/n5/mode/2up 1898: https://archive.org/details/carbuildersdicti00wait 1906: http

Garth Groff wrote: As the cars were not in interchange service, I don’t see why they would be in an ORER. Tony Thompson tony@...

Friends, I did a blow up of the cars in front of the Hills Brothers Coffee plant in San Francisco from one of the photos we discussed. Can anyone identify the wooden boxcar in this clip? With all wood

This topic is off discussed and while a very narrow sampling, might provide some info on coal hoppers off-line. The Interstate was a coal mine short line in the most western part of Virginia. If you c

Hi List Members, A B&M USRA composite gon at a coal mine in West Virginia (undated). It is a long way from home. Perhaps some B&M expert might give us an approximate time period for the style of paint

Five hoppers are nearly completed on my workbench. Only a couple details need to be installed to wrap them up. Weathering processes are reviewed in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbui