Unusual with its fishbelly sidesills is L&N woodrack #20233, from the #20200-20299 series. In 1941 L&N rebuilt ventilator boxcars from several series, some of which had fishbelly sidesills. The carbod

Has the site been hacked as I got an unusual email to undisclosed recipients that was not about freight cars. A guy asking to do something urgent for him and asking to reply! Paul Doggett

I am building an F&C resin kit of a 40' Gare milk car in the livery of Dairymans league. unfortunately the instructions only talk of livery for another car in Pullman green. The picture on the box is

Hello, For sale a HO CN 8 hatch reefer. It needs a floor and under frame. Contact me off list. Ted Schnepf 126 Will Scarlet, Elgin, Ill. 60120 847=697-5353 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: ted schn

Hello- I found the cover photo on Ted Cullota's "Focus on the Freight car, vol 10", of a 1936 photo of a West Coast gasoline company tank car very sentimental. My interest in this company relates to h

Need coal gondolas for your railroad? Perry Squier shares his work building Shawmut coal gons on the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2021/03/05/shawmut-coal-gondolas

Hi List Members, We get a nice 1910 colorized postcard view of C&EI 60286 (plus some other cars) at the link below... https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/TQYAAOSwx9ZavEsE/s-l1600.jpg Additional information

Dear Group, I want to pass this sad news on to everybody. Jim’s sister-in-law called today to tell me that Jim passed away in his sleep this morning. He went out the way he wanted to: peacefully at ho

I've discovered the M&StL served the Minneapolis Moline plant near the Red Owl warehouse. I thought I might as well put down the products going into the plant while I have the book. After doing the Re

It features ribs that end maybe 2 feet from the side of the car with a flat piece reaching the side of the B&O M-15 boxcar with a door that opens to the left. It is seen in front of the partially show

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

Photo: PRR Boxcar 61973 (Undated) A photo from the South Wood County Historical Museum: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/swch/id/165/rec/140 Use the arrows and scroll to enlarge the photo. B

Bill Pardie asked: "While I am sounding off on brake components I have one more question. I have an Intermountain model of a Santa Fe Ga-55 65 foot gondola." Intermountain did a 65 ft gon? That's news

While I am sounding off on brake components I have one more question. I have an Intermountain model of a Santa Fe Ga-55 65 foot gondola. It is a ;pretty good model as is but I notice one anomaly. The

Their were great images of the American Limited SP&S TANK CAR. It prompts me to ask if anyone has any detail photos of the Southern P:acific o-50-13 tank cars? Particularly of the undercarriage and br

San Diego Model Railroad Museum Research Library For future consideration, a tip courtesy of Ryan Di Fede. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum has a railroad/model railroad research library that is op

How are you doing today? Hope this email finds you well? Let me know if you received my mail, I need you to do something urgent for me. Raymond

Hello, I am offering for sale a steam era Car Builders Cyclopedia. This is the 20th. edition form 1957! An original, with 1114 pages, weighing 7 pounds! The binding is in good shape and only nominal c

Hi Scott: Great looking car. Was this some kit or a scratch built? I recently finished two GN hog-fuel cars from Portland Car & Foundry kits. They are rather similar, with open tops, but have no exter

I have been asked by an acquaintance in Eau Claire, WI if I knew a source for pictures of carbon black cars, these are not the usual covered hoppers. The Milwaukee moved carbon black in special cars f