Here is another installment of "Daily Interchange Report of Cars" from the NJI&I to the Wabash at Pine in 1953. The following list is dated 06May53. All cars originated at South Bend. I am showing Ini

I'm getting impatient waiting to see if these will ever come up on ebay or the hoswap group, hoping perhaps these may be floating around on someone's shelf looking for a good home. Sunshine Models: an

My scratch building project to create a replica of the Northern Pacific 9480 boxcar series is done. I built the car from Evergreen styrene except for the ends salvaged off an Intermountain AAR boxcar.

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Photo: Unloading Grain From A Boxcar A photo from the University of Texas-Arlington Archives: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20093921 Click on the photo twice to fully enlarge it. Real wor

Photo: Wabash Outside Braced Boxcar A photo from the University of Texas-Arlington Archives: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20091771 Click on the photo twice to fully enlarge it. Circa 194

In the future, historians and modelers will be exchanging speculation about the exact location of this marvelous photograph of these two prototype cars. They will be eternally frustrated by this. Gene

Photo: Cement Plant Equipment Load A photo from the University of Texas-Arlington Archives: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20091764 Click on the photo twice to fully enlarge it. Circa 1947

Can anyone suggest where I might be able to buy one HO-scale pair of Buckeye car ends, appropriate for the 500 "1937" AAR boxcars built for the Erie RR in June 1936? I'd really like to have one of tho

I think the two doors are in fact the same width, in part because of the simplification of inventory for the railroads (Not just the LV). “Oh, yeah, we need to get more 7’-6” doors, plenty of 8’ doors

The estate sale of Mike Moore (he attended RPM meets with me) at the time and location below. April 17 from 9:30 to 4 at 1806 Brookside Cir, Albert Lea, MN 56007 The collection is all top notch models

Ten REA logo signs on two sheets for $10. Shown next to a factory stamped sign on a Lionel milk car and on a modified Weaver box car. John Mateyko

Gents, I don't have access to an ORER that would give me the door opening size to an LV 50' autobox in the 8500-8599 series. It looks like two evenly sized doors but they don't look to be 8 footers, s

Tony, If they are new wheelsets, somebody screwed up and didn't protect the axle bearing surfaces 😉 Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Schuyler, The chains pull the plows. The men drag them back into the load, shove them down and then someone starts the winch that pulls on chains. By having one high and one low, it keeps the plow cor

Photo: USOX Tank Car 12001 A photo from the Barriger Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/49589453866/ Anhydrous ammonia only. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Bill, Knowing that you have been on this list for a while, I am flummoxed by your PRR gondola comment, unless perhaps it was meant to be tongue-in-cheek? PRR gondolas were common, nationwide. They don

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/37711713434/in/album-72157649155982802/ On Flicker, a Magnolia tankcar from 1919. It looks like it has been pinned together. I don’t recall seeing this be

Hi List Members, Taken after the sunset date of our list, but the subject of the photo is within scope... Unknown STMFC on a flat car. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8f4AAOSwVgtgOoxr/s-l1600.jpg I'm g

Photo: USOX Tank Car 17024 A photo from the Barriger Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/49619420697/ For glacial acetic acid, a name for water-free (anhydrous) acetic acid. Diluted