Interesting photo of two NYC GPs on an elevated structure somewhere (St. Louis?) with train consist including a green PFE reefer and numerous NYC baggage cars. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Q7sAAOSw7

I see from published photos, and kit notes, that IC two-bay hoppers were painted red in the fifties era. I have a P2K two-bay hopper model, originally a war emergency car and rebuilt with steel sides,

Photos: Miscellaneous Freight Cars Fair quality photos from the PhillyHistory website: https://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=5328 Circa 1900. https://www.phillyhistory.org/Pho

Photo: Tremont & Gulf Ry. Boxcar 668 (1957) A photo from the Texas Transportation Archive: https://www.ttarchive.com/dtphoto.aspx?id=N8VA14M7VBR Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I have completed the build of a Dennis Storzek Modelmaker, kit 1920 , Soo Line “sawtooth” box car I numbered 39344. If you are interested the build of this resin car flat car kit, photos and writeup o

I previously posted the link to my completed build of a Dennis Storzek Modelmaker, kit 1920 , Soo Line “sawtooth” box car I numbered 39334. I was asked if I would update the blog to include a photo of

Photo: Tremont & Gulf Ry. Boxcar 672 (1950) A photo from the Texas Transportation Archive: https://www.ttarchive.com/dtphoto.aspx?id=P09A149YDXR Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Southern Pine Lumber Co. Boxcar (1948) A photo from the Texas Transportation Archive: https://www.ttarchive.com/dtphoto.aspx?id=FDKA1A1LCM8 Description: Southern Pine Lumber Company boxcar at D

Photo: Canadian Pacific(?) Boxcar 10130 (Circa 1900) A photo from the Maine Memory Network: https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/33768 Click on the photo and scroll to enlarge it. Road name appears to

Bill- The comperisons of inside folding stake pockets with Wine tie-down straps show that they are not very similar in appearance. They both are close to the same size, but are very much different. Th

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