Photo: NP Boxcar 35744 A 1901 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/22626 It says "Air Brake" on the car but maybe the hand brake is

Clark Propst wrote: "I've attached a Bill Armstrong photo take on a lowly branchline in central Iowa. Shows they crawled out on some of the skinniest limbs ; ))" Note the Seley hopper behind the Class

Photo: MILW Flat Cat 57026 With Auto Carriers & Banner A 1960 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/26811 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Northern Refrigerator Car Co. Reefer 9200 A 1928 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/7020 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Boxcar 23206 A 1923 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/4744 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I usually wear a "good one" out which is when I need a replacement. Dremel brand wheels, however, almost never get retired due to being worn down as they shatter long before wearing out! The Dremels c

Eldon: Was the round roof used to provide extra interior height for automobile loading? Was there a rack system for over-under loading? Also, did railroad clearance need to be increased before these c

[Edited to add link] James Dick asked: "The statement of 'From the mid-thirties production years, there were around 7300 in service, more than many roads’ entire fleets;' is applied how, by a mid 1950

Hi List Members, In the image linked below, I can see a partial view of a double sheathed boxcar with a herald. Reading it as well as I can, it seems to be proclaiming CH&D&PM SYSTEM GREAT CENTRAL ROU

Did the Birmingham Tank Company, part of Ingalls Shipbuilding, ever build railroad tank cars? I have done a bit of on-line searching and have yet to find any reference about this company having built

Doug; From correspondence I have read, they were trying to maximize capacity within the as-then clearance diagram dimensions, and tunnels, and accommodated that by several means: the grab above the si

We've recently been advised that more roads than just the Lehigh Valley owned "wrong way" box cars. This is a snip from a larger photo titled "Buffalo NY 1910 Kellog Company." I am not sure just how I

Andy, Try Googling Dremel 426 1-1/4” Fiberglass Reinforced Cut-Off Wheel. Also look at 456. I also have a package of Chicago Electric 1-1/2” Rotary Cut-Off Wheels. Chicago Electric, of course, is a Ha

A few tears back Exactaraul released an excellent model of Union Pacific F-50-15 flat car. They featured this at Naperville. AMB produced an excellent wood deck for this car. It is coming to the top o

Eric; Some call it Duquesne Yard, others, Duquesne Way Yard, or others, 11th St Yard (it isn’t). At times, the PRR did not name it as a specific yard, just tracks serving Duquesne Freight Station. Lik

Hi List Members, I like this view of a Sandy Valley and Elkhorn steel gondola. It is labeled as part of the B&O system. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.122961.CP/viewer Enjo

Hello, Some new wood, double sheathed, boxcars have arrived this week. First is the Northern Pacific, wood sidded boxcars, with radial roofs and lever brake "wheels". they come in 4 paint schemes. As

I had a large number of Dremel type of cut off discs which survived much better than the Dremel house brand. I am now all used up and no hobby store I have been to has had the replacements. Is this co

A friend asked the subject question and rather than speculate, I thought I'd ask here. Thank you. David Payne Georgia

Hi List Members, I’ve never seen a Union RR boxcar before. Plenty of gondolas, never a boxcar though. See link below. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.112186.CP/viewer Enjoy!