Thursday, March 13, 2025

Clearing Up a Misperception

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Santa Fe Caswell design GS gondola ATSF 171033 from class Ga- 5, Reading Yards, Rutherford, Pennsylvania,  June 19. 1947, Bob Charles Collec...
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Interesting Armour Refrigerator Line Car Detail

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ca. 1936, San Francisco, courtesy Bill Welch Armour had a sizable fleet of refrigerator cars for the transportation of meat (in different st...
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Friday, February 28, 2025

Something a Little (maybe not so little) Different

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  Al Armitage photo, Ron Morse Collection One of the nice things about Springfield is catching up with friends.  I had a chance to see Scott...
Friday, February 21, 2025

Frisco Double Sheathed Auto Cars

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"Heading Down Winding Stair," Frisco 1332 pulling a 35-car freight train down the south side of Winding Stair Mountain near Talihi...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Refrigerator Car Roof Surfaces

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Collection of the late J. P. Barger Having crews work on "bare" roof surfaces presented a seemingly risky endeavor, especially whe...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Coupler boxes, draft gear or whatever you choose to call them

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My in progress PRR X41 B has been equipped with the new prototype-sized draft gear Yes, it's been awhile since I last posted, due to a ...
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Friday, November 8, 2024

Dean's Mill in Coxsackie, New York

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  I have spent a fair amount of time over the past year in the northern Catskills of Greene County, NY, especially the area around Catskill,...
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