Friends, Elden's comment about steel-related railroads prompted me to dig out this photo of Patapsco & Back Rivers gondola 127. It was from series 100-199, a 52' 6" mill gondola. The photo was taken a

Just noticed that Eric posted on his FB page that a buyer has been found for Rio Grande Models, and the transfer to new owner has begun. This is good news for Steam Era Modelers as many of the kits ma

Bob, Group; While a long way from home (not really), for a URR gondola, and with a load unusual for that road (not really), I would add that this is typical gon behavior, from the numerous photos and

I found this shot in my files. It is a scan of a print that I purchased from Ted Culotta. Gene Deimling

The idea of shipping food products (cabbages, sugar beets in recent postings to the list) in cattle cars is slightly.... disgusting. But it does give me a reason to have a group of stock cars in my la

. It's hard enough already to carve out adequate time at the modeling bench. AMEN!! It’s hard enough to find the time to deal with the posts on a daily basis. I increasingly delete some topics en mass

Photo: Union Railroad Gondola 7985 With Pole Load (1928) A photo from the Detroit Public Library: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A257347 Click and hold

Identity Of This Car? (Undated) A photo from the Detroit Public Library: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A256620 Click and hold to enlarge photo. Descri

If I remember correctly from ICC report, a majority of the GN box cars (before 1920) were hopper bottom. Have been looking for "conversion kit" to detail this on the various models of double-sheathed

David J. Leider's new book on the B&OCT, mentioned here earlier this month, is a new acquisition of mine, and I've reviewed the book in my blog. If you're interested, a link to this post is below. htt

It’s Naperville time!.....I remember Mike Skibbe saying he was having trouble finding a location being the current hotel wasn’t interested in us anymore. The mini meet Frank had arranged is canceled I

I'm trying to determine the differences between insulated boxcars (AAR designation XI) and bunklerless refrigerator cars (RB or RBL), and don't see any real difference in design or use (although the O

Clark, You are a week ahead of schedule! The 2020 event was set for next weekend. It was cancelled in March. Details were posted on the website and in messages to several discussion groups. http://www

My late friend Wayne Madison made this roof pattern for the SSW rebuilt box car. It has a lot of additional material for what I can only figure must have been part of the rebuild process. Ed mentions

Photo: FGEX 35754 With Potato Load (1943) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/42655/rec/6 Scroll on the photo to enlarge

I like the roof (and roofwalk) colors And note the ratio of wood roofwalks (most) to steel (very few) Ken -- Ken Akerboom

Photo: Wabash Gondola 2963 (Undated) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/42531/rec/7 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. B

Hi there, I'm looking for some WWII era colour images of CB&Q wood boxcars as a basis for painting and weathering a model. I intend to go through the Farm Administration Library of Congress collection

Photo: Pacific Electric Boxcar 10069 (1947) Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/photos/id/28746/rec/40 Use the slider to enlarge the photo. Desc

Rob; As I recall, there are those great Delano photos, as well as others, taken in Chicago during WW2 that include some CB&Q cars. Elden Gatwood