Who Manufactured This Model? I recently acquired this HO scale model at a swap meet. Nobody seemed to know who manufactured it. The model has a wood body with printed sides, brass door hinges and wire

There used to be a wonderfully entertaining book called "Oregon Geographic Names." Not sure if it is still in print. You can add Riddle, OR to your list, Brian, and Arock and Lone Rock. I also like Sp

Gregg Condon forwarded these recent photos of this URTX/Milw wooden reefer in Winona, Minn., serving as a storage shed, and until recently hidden under falsework siding. Here's the backstory, In Gregg

Photo: MDT Reefer 16883 Photo courtesy of Mike Robbins on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/40496560693/in/album-72157631664600097/ He writes: “Merchants Despatch Refrigerator Line (MDT)

Photo: New Haven Gondola X-598 Photo courtesy of Mike Robbins on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/50852954007/in/album-72157631664600097/ Spotted at a Gulf Oil Corporation building in th

Hi List Members, This looks to be a PRR class GS gondola to me - Philadelphia PA 1932 Way too dirty to read any reporting marks... https://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=42505

Group; Is this “Dowel-Loc” flooring? https://digital.hagley.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A2364551/datastream/OBJ/view I have been trying to figure out that story. I imagine some debris collected in

Hi List Members, While we could wish for a little better resolution, an image of a PM ds boxcar in 1907 Philadelphia PA https://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=6088 Enjoy! Claus

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: PRR Gondolas A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1986268_0288 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Like A Desk Job Without The Desk Photo courtesy of Mike Robbins on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/50435189753/in/album-72157631664600097/ He writes: “New Haven Railroad employee

Photo: New Haven Boxcar 31519 Photo courtesy of Mike Robbins on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/50712834342/in/album-72157631664600097/ His comments: “New Haven Railroad box car 31519,

Fritz, you made my day! I won’t stop smiling! Elden Gatwood

Group; From what I’ve been able to glean, this is PRR’s attempt at (or documentation of) more automated box car cleaning, in this case, for GN cars. PRR was having a hard time absorbing costs from cle

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

Friends, While scanning my prints I came upon this interesting photo of a GN boxcar. I found the faded original in a file when I was assigned to the Coast Guard District 11 headquarters in Long Beach.

Nice car, Claus! Elden Gatwood

This June 1955 rebuild is part of the oddball group with high tack boards on the ends and low on the doors. PRR was getting orders of doors, sides and ends, in batches, and used what they had on hand.

Group; After much close examination and head-scratching, I believe what we are looking at is a PRR class G31D number 376358 (I think). The Budd-produced underbodies are for an unknown manufacturer, bu

Thank you, Tom! Elden Gatwood