Bruce Smith wrote: True, assuming they were otherwise ready for service. But often the machining of the bearing surfaces (and sometimes the wheel tread (to make sure contour was right) would be done s

Looked everywhere I could think of for photos of the subject cars - no luck. If anyone has a photo of SOU 17500-178197, 287000-287999, or 315700-315949 series gondolas circa 1940s or 50s that they wou

It ha been on acknowledged that the tanks in the Grandt line oil distributor kit were superior to other offerings. They had long been 9ff the market. A few years ago Grandt Line had a table at an O Sc

I have a question. What sort of documentation was done of rolling stock in the 1917-19 era ICC valuation of the railroads? Were pictures taken of the various classes of rolling stock like they did of

Photo: Unloading Coal (Circa 1920) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections: https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A129879?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=d8116fe3

Photo: PRR Gondola 2785 (1916) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections: https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A37814?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=4d6f868b6fe76

Photo: PRR Gondola (1904) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections: https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A128263?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=f1dcc61e901da5c49

Here is another installment of "Daily Interchange Report of Cars" from the NJI&I to the Wabash at Pine in 1953. The following list is dated 06May53. All cars originated at South Bend. I am showing Ini

I'm getting impatient waiting to see if these will ever come up on ebay or the hoswap group, hoping perhaps these may be floating around on someone's shelf looking for a good home. Sunshine Models: an

My scratch building project to create a replica of the Northern Pacific 9480 boxcar series is done. I built the car from Evergreen styrene except for the ends salvaged off an Intermountain AAR boxcar.

Gene Deimling blog: https://myp48.wordpress.com/

Photo: Unloading Grain From A Boxcar A photo from the University of Texas-Arlington Archives: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20093921 Click on the photo twice to fully enlarge it. Real wor

Photo: Wabash Outside Braced Boxcar A photo from the University of Texas-Arlington Archives: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20091771 Click on the photo twice to fully enlarge it. Circa 194

In the future, historians and modelers will be exchanging speculation about the exact location of this marvelous photograph of these two prototype cars. They will be eternally frustrated by this. Gene

Photo: Cement Plant Equipment Load A photo from the University of Texas-Arlington Archives: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20091764 Click on the photo twice to fully enlarge it. Circa 1947

Can anyone suggest where I might be able to buy one HO-scale pair of Buckeye car ends, appropriate for the 500 "1937" AAR boxcars built for the Erie RR in June 1936? I'd really like to have one of tho

I think the two doors are in fact the same width, in part because of the simplification of inventory for the railroads (Not just the LV). “Oh, yeah, we need to get more 7’-6” doors, plenty of 8’ doors

The estate sale of Mike Moore (he attended RPM meets with me) at the time and location below. April 17 from 9:30 to 4 at 1806 Brookside Cir, Albert Lea, MN 56007 The collection is all top notch models

Ten REA logo signs on two sheets for $10. Shown next to a factory stamped sign on a Lionel milk car and on a modified Weaver box car. John Mateyko

Gents, I don't have access to an ORER that would give me the door opening size to an LV 50' autobox in the 8500-8599 series. It looks like two evenly sized doors but they don't look to be 8 footers, s