Unique among L&N’s woodracks were the #20100-20199 “shorties” – 36-footers with inset bulkheads, rebuilt in 1943 from ventilated boxcars. The model was scratchbuilt from styrene, with the usual freigh

Dennis - were the cars built with PS-style welded underframes or AAR underframes? The PS underframe had features not found on the AAR design. I know that some welded cars with PS proprietary ends and

Elden Just an observation - Railroads do consider that X54 car to be a "reefer" - RB. All of the railway literature and especially financial reports I've read classify RB/L cars as reefers or refriger

Astute STMFC Modelers, These box car ends have been in my parts box for years. Does anybody know the manufacturer? Danke! John Golden

Folks; I’m sorry if we discussed this before, but I may have missed it. What was the story behind this burning box car? Does anyone have any photos of burning freight cars they can share? Thanks! Elde

Here is a “STMFC” era re-post from SouthernRailway.groups.io from the Southern Railway Historical Assoc. archives. Ike Subject: [SouthernRailway] Inman Yard in 1946 or 47 Date: February 20, 2021 at 2:

Charlie; Good point, and I found a whole bunch of correspondence that led to PRR applying things like double flooring (their term), and/or 24” steel plating for interior sides, to keep hot coil loads,

Interesting place to have a headquarters. Hancock, NY was on the NYO&W line on the Delaware River deep in the heart of NY State's Southern Tier. A pretty small town, well off the beaten track, near Ca

Hello, Am looking for info and/or drawings for these outside brake hanger trucks as used on the B&LE hoppers. Any help is appreciated.Want to get them 3D printed. Bud Rindfleisch

Friends, I've been perplexed for a number of years by several tank car photos I've scavenged for possible future models (Yeah, right!). Today I spent a couple of hours playing detective, and can offer

Excerpt from: http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2010-March/097205.html My other vice besides language is model railroading. In the service of this vice, I subscribe to the e-mail list o

Friends, Mel pointed out that I had inadvertently posted the photo of TKX 700 as a tif instead of a jpeg. Well, I had the jpeg up on my screen, but clicked on the wrong link. In case any of you couldn

RE: The modified gondola coupled to the wrecker…Was that car part of a CB&Q revenue series of the same design? Steve Johnson

Elden, The PRR F28 is, as you know, an all steel car, so other than the paint and a few rubber parts, there isn’t anything to burn. Best I can think is that the load burnt, or at least the cribbing on

For Throwback Thursday I’m posting this photo of my new O‑scale Santa Fe express boxcar, a recent pandemic project. It started out as an automobile car that the late Jim Pierce built from a vintage At

Man, that is wild! Thanks for sharing, Tim! Elden Gatwood

Fabulous story, Ken! This is the weird stuff we rarely talk about, but is fascinating. The correspondence is a good read, because the car owner and RR on which the car was destroyed/damaged, usually c

Bill; I wish I still had my copy, but it never got back to me after I loaned it. That is a FABULOUS photo. I looked at it often. I wish I had that one in my digital files. There is a lot of correspond

Tim; Thanks for the fabulous photo! I have not seen that one. Wonder how the tank car ignited? I saw a lot of burnt cars on the PRR during childhood. Hot steel and wooden parts don’t mix. There was a

Is there a decal set that features the logos (Gulf, Flying A, etc.) for the ends of the tanks at a bulk oil distributor? Thanks in advance for any help. Bill.Pardie