My error. Here is PE 2417. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Thanks, Jack! I have not seen the explanation on why PRR chose that flooring in doorways only, for their X53 class meant for “sensitive” coil on pallets, but it may have been from their experience wit

https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_22169 Nice vacuum, too! Elden Gatwood

Photo: Rio Grande Flatcar 23018 (1956) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/12757/rec/9 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it.

PE Boxcar 2417 A friend sent me this photo from the Brea (CA) Museum. Seen is Pacific Electric boxcar 2417 in Brea in 1918. I checked Thompson's SP boxcar book and there is no PE series for this car s

Folks; How were these racks used? If for poultry, how unloaded? https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_12653 Thanks! Elden Gatwood

Photo: Pacific Electric Boxcar 2082 At El Monte Depot (Undated) Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/photos/id/85349/rec/180 Use the slider to en

George; You are certainly right. Yet the PRR also owned scores of purpose-built coke hoppers (H22). Plenty for everything the PRR did with coke. And who the heck wanted to unload a box car full of cok

Folks; Have any of you turned up any more on these cars? https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_12857 Was there a method behind the madness of using wooden box cars, and not hoppers, for shipping potentially

Ray; I am, too. They are not plugs, but added to the back of the doorway. I cannot find anything on how that was supposed to work, but assume it seals the doorway from escape of coke, although I do no

Photo: SLRX 4539 (Circa 1947) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/12368/rec/1 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chap

Mel; Unfortunately, coke, but I am sure they hoped it wasn’t still hot! I find these conversions really baffling. Not a good idea. PRR had some early conversions for wood chips, and others for sawdust

Hello, I had, but now cannot find, my copy of the book on MDT reefers. In my mind I'm trying to remember if I loaned it out and never had it returned or misplaced it when I moved my books prior to a r

Doug; The coke was quenched with water at the large plants, but it did not always behave. Sometimes the pore space between hunks/chunks was too small to allow much water to penetrate, and it kept cook

I’ve shared progress updates on a few models in my latest blog post. Details are from a couple months ago but some detail techniques may help you along. Enjoy! http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2020/

Photo: Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Boxcar 4076 (Circa 1915) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/24566/rec/1 Scroll on

Thanks, Doug! Elden Gatwood

Thanks, Ben! I should have known you’d have the answer! Elden Gatwood

Photo: Southern Automobile Boxcar 311006 (1938) A photo from the Historic Pittsburgh website: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.3841794.CP/viewer Scroll on the photo to enlarg

Guys; That photo was the topic of much conversation when it first was posted on the Pitt site. That and a group of adjacent photos were taken to document how utility improvements were affecting the RO