I just finished looking at a bunch of YouTube "experts" talking about airbrush basics, since I just bought my first Paasche TGX-Vision airbrush (should be delivered today). What I realized is that abo

Photo: PRR Gondola 353016 With Containers (1931) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_09323 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photos: GATX/DuPont Tank Car 63321 (Circa 1940s) Photos from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1972341_3685 https://digital.hagley.org/1972341_3686 Scroll on the photos to enlarg

Photo: Interstate Gondola 10144 (1930) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1993233_G2_S2_010_07_017 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Lehigh Valley Hopper 17431 A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/AVD_2020213_4606 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. The chalk markings appear extra large. Bob Ch

Photo: Loading Auto Stampings Into PRR Gondola A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1999228_0033 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I've been working on several hopper upgrades recently. Details, photos, and techniques are shared in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2021/04/16/coal-hopper-detai

Hi List Members, Some might enjoy this view of Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR Boxcar #9047, a 50ft auto box, dated 1950 https://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/photo55/foto0571.jpg Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, Nice builders photo of C&O 133348, an ofset side twim hopper, NEW 3-37 https://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/photo1401/gra3197.jpg Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Photo: Moving Boxcars With Horses (1913) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_ME01795 Click on the photo to enlarge it. I wonder if the horses had union cards? Bob

Photo: Lackawanna Boxcar 20260 A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1986268_0235 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: New Haven Boxcar 64365 (1943) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_14297 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: PRR Boxcar 23635 X29D (1955) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_20852 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Reading Hopper 84495 A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/80318_075 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Reading Hopper 69459 A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/80318_038 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: PRR “Special Coupler Device” (1957) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_21263 Click on the photo to enlarge it. I’m sure the PRR experts can expound on this

To assist in the tracking the development of a specific freight car fleet, would anyone be able to provide a scanned copy of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway entry from the April 1947 ORER, please? I

Hi List Members, We get a nice view of N&W coal hauling cars, including a N&W gon loaded with coal, in the image linked below. Sadly, the gon reporting marks are just a little too indistinct to make o

Photo: PRR Tank Car 454815 A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_ME00503 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photos: PRR Boxcar 28460 X29B (1951) Photos from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_18816 https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_18817 Scroll on the photos to enlarge them. Bob Chapar