Oh, you wanted MORE? Check out the damage caused by these coils, to this “dedicated” PRR coil box car…. Elden Gatwood

Neither the TC boxes (there were 2 variations) nor the Southern 52’6” gon were good sellers for me, which contributed to my decision to leave HO resin kit production and sell the entire product line t

https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.1237.RR USRA gon? Elden Gatwood

Photo: Jeeps On Chicago Great Western Flat Car An undated (probably WW II) photo from an unknown source: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fd/85/cf/fd85cfe7acc1cdd07a519bfd9ea4864b.jpg The location proba

Photo: Heinz Reefer & Boxcar A 1920 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.L128.CP/viewer Scroll on the photo to enlarge

Scott; There is very little, which is surprising. But maybe not. They were moving quantities of fairly large, cold-rolled coiled steel sheet, of size, by the mid-thirties, and I have photographic evid

Photo: B&LE/P&LE Gondolas A 1915 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.1754.RR/viewer Scroll on the photo to enlarge i

Photo: Santa Fe Boxcar 28582 (Bx-O) A 1911 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A201203.1911.3395/viewer Scroll on the phot

Folks; From the PRRT&HS files. PRR was looking at other RRs solutions to shipping sheet, coil, and other difficult steel loads, and had discussions with C&O officials about their experimental testing.

Athearn produced a version of the Roundhouse Old Time stock car that slipped my notice, and I sure would like to find one for my collection. It is the ATSF version painted for Kraus Livestock Commissi

In the early 70s, I used "drugstore processing" for my color and B&W film. The poor quality of the two attached photos of SAL water car W73046 is due to whatever developing process Eckerds (remember t

Anytime Challengers are involved it is a good thing, so maybe that is why the Clinch field’s Train #97 “The Florida Perishable” is my favorite named train. As the schedule shows #97 was assembled on t

Chuck -- A question re a Flickr boxcar photo attributed to you in a recent post. Please contact me off list. Thanks, Bob Chapman

Photo: Tank Car ???? 2002 A 1911 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A201203.1911.3492/viewer Scroll on the photo to enlar

Photo: PRR Gondola 801026 With Wire Mesh Load A circa 1915-1917 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A200102.024.DR/viewer

Photo: Steel Load On Flatcars A 1913 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.1235.RR/viewer Scroll on the photo to enlar

Missouri Pacific introduced they own container service around 1955 and it lasted until 1961. Containers moved only in local service and were moved on 45’ flatcars or 45’ gondolas. I still need to make

Photo: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Gondola 8752 A 1908 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.509.RR/viewer Bottom discharge

Photos: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Hopper Car #3 Two photos (1915 & 1906) from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.1896.RR/viewer h

Photos: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Hopper Car Two 1906 photos from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.278.RR/viewer https://digita