Would anyone on the list have, or know the location of, photos of the A&D 2200-series box cars? Any help appreciated. Tony Thompson tony@...

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This is a pretty rare shot, maybe due to unflashy nature of the subject: https://digital.hagley.org/1986268_1_0166 But super interesting that cars on the charging floor being unloaded for use include

Here’s another….. But those are still calcium carbide containers in that other photo. Elden Gatwood

Thanks for that, Garth! Elden Gatwood

Bill; They sure did. Here they are on the PRR at Duquesne, PA., early sixties, for transfer to USSteel’s Duquesne Works. Wish I had a couple of those! Elden Gatwood

As I thought for quite a while, Guy, but I’ve come around to embracing the harder-to-say “latitudinal” running board. As you say it means width, and the latitudinal boards run across the WIDTH of the

https://digital.hagley.org/1986268_0330 Interesting door arrangement; Door and a Half, with right hand the short one? I think these guys may be carrying refractory for a re-line, not dismantling. Elde

Sharp eyes, Eric! I’d love to know how and who served that plant. This is not the way they usually work. That mix of cars on the floor is highly unusual. Powdered dolomite was a very specific load, an

Resin Car Works has reissued the Illinois Central hopper kit. Details have been posted on the RCW blog. http://blog.resincarworks.com/kit-reissue/ Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

Guys; The GS, and G22 were sometimes used for hot pigs, slabs, and later, coil, that the earlier gons like GR/GRA couldn’t handle without torching the car, so those classes with steel sides and floor

I knew this was out there: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A201203.1912.4138/viewer with safety chains intact, diagonal end grabs, and original brake staff location. Elden Gatw

https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A201203.1916.6133/viewer Elden Gatwood

http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/03/carrying-automobiles-in-boxcars.html reposted from s-scale@groups.io courtesy of rich gajnak ;-) mel perry

Ken; I wondered the same thing. Ashes don’t weigh out, even when mounded, but they have a nasty tendency to blow all over the place, so this may be their attempt to not have ashes all over the ROW. As

Group; This is the BM car in question, as the F&C kit. It is a really different, fun build. And this beast. Not everyone knows, the FD2 “Queen Mary” was one of the biggest flat cars (depressed center)

Nice job, Daniel! Do you have any more info on these cars? Elden Gatwood

Thought I'd post an updated photo of my kitbash of one of the Ann Arbor 73750 series boxcars. It uses the 4300 series Accurail boxcar, with modified door rollers, top plate, and strap bracing on the e

Anyone have a prototype photo (or reference to one) of these cars as they would have looked in the 1930s? The Westerfield kit (their no. 11251) has a couple of builders photos, but would like to see a

I have my list of the 4 best items to have blessed model freight car building as follows, in no particular order: 1) Evergreen styrene strips 2) Dial calipers 3) Resins, such as polyurethane 4) RPM me