From research done years ago I seem to remember these being supplied by the Wine company. 1/2" round bar bent into a loop and the distal ends were bent out to about a 30 degree angle which separated t

Is it the rings used to move a gondola with a rope or chain? Do they go on top or the bottom of a gondola's side? Thanks, George Courtney

George; No, they are tie-downs for securing loads. The were usually welded to the outside side of the top chord, or tops of sides, or even sides of ribs toward their tops. They were very useful with m

For your enjoyment: Two wrecked M-K-T stock cars on the Toledo Terminal Railroad. I don't know the date, but the derelict steam locomotive is TT 62. M-K-T 47485 is from series 47001-47500. Inside dime

Photo: Rock Island Boxcar A photo from the Texas Transportation Archive: https://www.ttarchive.com/dtphoto.aspx?id=A56MF9HDK6 Description: Caption reads, "Bridgeport Coal Co., shaft No. 2, Bridgeport,

Photo: Steam Box On B&M Flat Car (Circa 1900) A photo from the Maine Memory Network: https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/8932 Click on the photo and scroll to enlarge it. Description: "A large pressu

RE: Diamond-oriented Placards Here are a few for less hazardous freight. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Hi List Members, I believe this scene linked below shows us the track that the switch engine is standing on in the link I mentioned in my prior email... Besides the interesting industrial scene, we ge

Are they decals, or raised pieces that can be applied to raise above the surface or off the edge of a top chord? How much $? Thanks! Elden Gatwood

If anyone has a ORER from 1904 I’d like to know if any freight cars are listed for the Coal Belt Railway. I’m finishing up an article for the MISSouri Pacific Historical Society on the Coal Belt Elect

Subsequent to last weeks discussion of the Grandt Line oil distributor kits I assembled and painted the tanks from my two kits.This led to many memories and a question. My first job out of college was

Photo: Circa 1902 Freight Cars A photo from the Maine Memory Network: https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/43300 Click on the photo and scroll to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Canada Atlantic Boxcar 5518 (Circa 1900) A photo from the Maine Memory Network: https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/1448 Click on the photo and scroll to enlarge it. Boxcar also appears to be

Photo: NYC&HRR Boxcar 52228(?) (Circa 1900) A photo from the Maine Memory Network: https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/5831 Click on the photo and scroll to enlarge it. Also two B&M boxcars. The stat

Great photo, Claus! Can anyone read the end lettering and car number? I see an end door box car back there. B&O M-15 to left? Elden Gatwood

Brian; I can’t see enough to see what specific placard this might be, but I used to have a collection of hazardous material placards most of which were diamond-shaped (meant to be displayed like that)

I just saw that Archer has released a New set of Gondola Retaining Clips as Resin Surface Part AR88190 that were researched by Frank Hodina Should come in handy George Toman

This is one of the shortest I ever saw: PRR’s Mon Div Whitehall Branch early sixties. Reefers for Armour & Co use spur to right. Elden Gatwood

Elden Gatwood wrote: "Can anyone read the end lettering and car number?" Looks like PRR 37724, which would put it in the PRR 37100-39865 series. Note also the 1932 ARA boxcar with Pullman flat ends co

Hi List Members, I recall that at some point in the past we have discussed modeling marine boiler loads. For those interested in the topic, see the links below... https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/