Friends, I hope you will endulge me and help me identify what type of boxcar this was originally. It looks like a steam era car that survived into the 70s. While I model the B&O in 1950, this was a ca

John; Fabulous photo! Thanks for sharing! You all have seen this fabulous “LIFE” photo of a PRR X46A with chalk marks that look like a routing including the New Haven, maybe? Great close-up of surface

Group; I apologize. Upon further examination, I think those are Calcium Carbide containers. They were shorter in body, and had smaller capacity chambers. Calcium Carbide was a critical ingredient in i

Mrs D asked me to go by Blicks Art Supply today and pick out some colorful pens for our grandkids. In the large assortment of colors there was a white. I added it to the pile and after getting home I

While the company service tank cars and the DRGW 4-8-4 are extra eye candy, the DGRW gondola in the foreground on the left is the subject of this question. What are the cut holes on the side of the ca

Hi Guys, I thought you might find this photo interesting. I took this photo of chalk marks in 2008. The car is a long-retired Rock Island 50-foot box car. Even years and years later, the chalk marks a

I have a Sunshine kit for a Frisco 42' panel side gondola. I believe tbis was a rebuild of a USRA gondola. The box was labeled a "Quickie" kit as the body was one piece. Regretfully the under frame ha

Here's something I came across in the 1908 Railroad Gazette (online at archive.org) It is the steel reinforcement used by Armour Car Line to strengthen their wood reefers ca.1907. (note "Armour RSU 2"

Eric; Thanks for all that input! I can’t for the life of me find my P&LE composite gon photos. I had the luck to crawl all over one many years ago, that had gone into MW service intact. P&LE clearly u

Thanks for all the input, guys! Some thoughts on early “steel-wood” (composite) gon construction: Drop ends on many, like PRR GR/GRA, were originally wood with steel batten and drop-frame steel reinfo

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@...

Mask Island Decals Inc. is pleased to offer a steam era decal set. TWOX. TIDEWATER tank car flying A. Decal retails for $7.00. Set may complete two cars. Please visit my web site at maskislanddecals.c

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