There's a thread on the Steam Era Freight Car Group about a composite gondola that looks a lot like the one in this picture. I've be...

Here's a couple of things I've been meaning to send to the Thursday night guys but decided I might as well share them here for every...

Another post? Wow! While I was researching hopper rosters I was looking at the various ways John Nehrich has broken down the 1949 fleet of...

So in the course of getting the LNE hopper project going, I've been doing some research on hoppers in general. I won't pretend to be...

Thanks to Ed Hawkins I have an update on the LNE hoppers. The photo in Bob Karig's book that looked like a unique prototype was taken at...