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

Oakview, California is pronounced 'Oak View' Fresno California is pronounced 'Fres No' What a wacky state this is! -Andy Carlson Ojai, CA Pronounced 'O-hi' _._,_._,_

Hoosiers do that, too. Consider Terre Haute!

Hi List Members, I've spent a little time taking in and enjoying the scene linked below... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125880853_5ccd73ec64_o.jpg The image comes from the Barriger collection

Here is the last installment of "Daily Interchange Report of Cars" from the NJI&I to the Wabash at Pine in 1953. The following list is dated 07May53. All cars originated at South Bend. I am showing In

Photo: Reading Hopper 74778 (1930) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/80318_086 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Hi List Members, A partial view of a WFEX reefer, possibly 63856, in the 1920s on SAL. This must have been quite early in the formation of WFE, no? https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jL8AAOSwoNpeoiHG/s-l1

Hi List members, C&IM fans are gonna like this. All images 1948-1959. C&IM 6149 twin offset side hopper https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9~4AAOSwzOleXodq/s-l1600.jpg C&IM 8198 40ft ss boxcar https://i.e

I am in the process of building an Accurail freight car kit that required grab iron fasteners/rivets to be applied to newly installed wire grab irons after molded ladders and grab irons and fasteners

It’s MUN-roe only inside the city limits but if you go to Bastrop or Rayville (BAA strup, RAY-vul) we pronounce it Mun-ROE. For the record, I am from Mer Rouge (mur-ROUGE thirty miles north. My rule i

How long has it been since we heard from Mike Brock? -Andy Carlson Ojai CA On Monday, April 19, 2021, 10:08:59 AM PDT, Benjamin Hom <b.hom@...> wrote: Nelson Moyer wrote: "It must be a pretty slow mod

Photo: Reefers At A Blast Furnace (Circa 1925) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1986268_0245 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Anyone have an educated guess as to

Does anyone make SFRD Ice Hatch Latches? For whatever reason I am missing most needed to complete some Sunshine SFRD Rebuilt reefers. Thanks, Tom

Photo: Sampling A Tank Car Load A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/1972341_2765 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Charlotte (pronounce Shar-LOT, not SHAR-let) was served by the New York Central. While not a direct connection to the shops in East Rochester, given that the steel mill has been shut down for some 20

Hi List Members, ERIE 8012 flat car with Bausenbach shock-mounted containers in 1950 https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gHcAAOxy63FSwNed/s-l1600.jpg More info below... https://www.ebay.com/itm/33312390226

Hi List Members, High load - "NEED SPECIAL HANDLING?" NKP advertizing Not clear whose depressed center flat that is. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/bmQAAOSwbZJZpjmH/s-l1600.jpg More info below... http

Is MV Products still in business? The web site doesn’t look active. I searched the web for red and green marker lights and found one pack of red and no green in 0.052 in. diameter. Walthers and anothe

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.

Photo: SP Boxcars (1930) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PC20110405_861 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Not a great quality photo but you can read the car numbe