What railroads used these rebuilt hoppers?

Photo: Burlington FTs With Freight Train (Circa Late 1940s) A photo from the University of Texas Libraries: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/sites/library.uta.edu.digitalgallery/files/20090000-2

Quick question on these cars, built by Mt. Vernon 1951 -- Was the brake reservoir mounted longitudinal or transverse? It's not clearly obvious from the photos I have here. I suspect longitudinal, beca

Photo: NATX Three Compartment Tank Car 7069 A photo from the University of Texas Libraries: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/sites/library.uta.edu.digitalgallery/files/20090000-20099999/20092635

I have completed the build of Northern Pacific (NP) steel Refrigerator car 91253 produced by InterMountain Railway Company exclusively for the Armarillo Railroad Museum. If you are interested in the b

I am looking for one of these cars made about 10 years ago by MDC. Road name is not important. What IS important is I need the single steel door version. If you have one you can part with contact me o

Guys; I can’t find the correspondence on whose, but they are definitely some kind of rectangular grid. Link: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_20391?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=799059ea7b852ea09a75&solr_nav%5Bpage%

I have a couple of recent blog posts of some interesting freight cars photos on the New Haven. There will be more over the next few weeks. Transformer Cars: https://blog.newbritainstation.com/2021/01/

Folks; Dan, the Man, had the definitive answer! See below. PRR liked Universal brake gear. Elden Gatwood From: Dan Smith <espeefan@...> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 1:58 PM To: Gatwood; Gatwood, El

That's a Carson City NV address on the flyer... pre-2004! How time flies when you're having fun! ------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA --------------------

RPCyc 35 which is the tell all about ’37 boxcars motivated me to sort though my stash of IMWX and RC kits. I found two of the offerings by Des Plaines Hobbies purchased years ago which are mostly corr

According to the PFE book by Tony Thompson (page 83), in 1929 100 PFE R-30-5 and -6 cars were changed to steel cast trucks. Then in 1933-35, 41 of them were sold to California Dispatch Line (CDLX 277-

Can anyone shed light on a Branchline car I picked up? It's labeled as a project of the Illinois Central Historical Society, but the society's web page doesn't seem to have a company store currently.

What kind of running board did the PRR use on their X47 boxcars? Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

The signup for the next Hindsight Virtual RPM is now active. Please go to speedwitchmedia.com to register for the event. Ryan Mendell

I have an October 1955 ORER which has a partially torn out page 699 and the back side page 700. I would sure appreciate it if some kind person who has the same ORER would send me a sharp high resoluti

I like your response, Tim.

I bought some Klasing hand brakes from Shapeways. I got ten life times supply! If anyone would like a few for a modest price, please contact me off list. cepropst@q.com

Was Richard Hendrickson ever able to do the followup article on modeling rebuilt PFE Reefers in the Rail Model Journal? Here is the initial article on the pre-rebuilt versions with a closing teaser sa

Greetings, The Great Northern Railway Historical Society Modelers Committee is considering developing an HO scale Dalman-Andrews truck as one of our upcoming projects. The first thing we are trying to