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

I bought these cars for cheap at a trainshow the other day, I knew when I bought them they'd need work. I'm sure there's cars that line up with these, I just don't know of what. Anyone know? Dimension

I am in the process of building the Resin Car Works Soo Line 50’ boxcar kit. Two different type of brake gear are provided, but I couldn’t find any information that shows which series of cars used whi

And to complete the Droege “trilogy”, Yards and Terminals and Their Operation is also available on google books; https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yards_and_Terminals_and_Their_Operation/AGw5AAAAMA

Freight Terminals & Trains The 1912 book, Freight Terminals & Trains by John A. Droege, has a ton material applicable to the Steam Era. Here is a link. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revisi

Scanning some photos by Raymond V. Pelot of Martinez today, I noticed a pair of Shell tank cars in the foreground. SCCX 1114 was a 7960 gal TMI with heater coils and a 345 gal dome. The silver Shell c

Friends, I did a search of this and several lists and could not find an answer, has anyone ever shortened a Kadee running board? I am building a Rail Shop Carbon Black Hopper and want to replicate a 1

Mont Switzer's 2017 Chicagoland RPM presentation motivated me to model a Monon boxcar. O-scale CIL 9157 began as an Intermountain kit. I scratchbuilt a new roof walk for it from styrene strips, and I

Thanks for the pic, Mike! I only saw some Monon coke cars when I visited relatives in Indiana. They looked different from anything else. No, sadly, I never saw them in Pittsburgh, but I haven’t stoppe

Mike, Eldon and all, The info that I have shows the MONON had two designs of composite coke cars. CIL 1019 is a former low side stone gon onto which the composite coke body was lowered and secured. MO

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Hello, I currently have a Walthers GACX express reefer that I was doing some modifications to match it with the PFE prototype. The problem is I got carried away and damaged the paint and some of the w

Base upon the article "ReWeigh Dates on Freight Cars" by Tony Thompson (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz_ctrHrDz4wOWM4YzU5MGYtMTdjNC00MmQwLWEyZDgtMjJiMDUzMTZhMmZm/view) I have started to add this d

In 1949 sugar was shipped in boxcars in bags, barrels or bulk. The first airslide hopper was patented in 1953, again after the date of the Red Owl data. Attached is a photo of bulk sugar begin unloade

I've thought these were grab irons and was modelling them as such. However, a friend pointed out that being slanted it might be some sort of lever of some sort to interact with the brakes, despite hav

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

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

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

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

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