Couple Shots for Fall

The Three Diesels

More Work On The End

Changed Gravel in New Lot

Thought it needed to be lighter, and I added the access road alongside the St. Louis House.

Gravel Lot Added and Corner Landscaped

More Ground Covered

MOPAC & MKT Pull Freight; Frisco In The Yard

Missouri Kansas Texas 50' PS-1 Boxcar #18356

MODEL INFORMATION
Company: Atlas
Product # 3007604
Gauge: Standard O
First Cataloged: 2016
Trucks: Die-cast, Sprung, 70-ton roller-bearing trucks as per the prototype, with rotating bearing caps
Couplers: Die-cast, Operating, Articulated 
Notes: Highly detailed ABS body; separately-applied grab irons, ladders, and brake line details; min curve 36'; Youngstown or Pullman Standard style doors as per the prototype
Product Website

PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
Builder: Pullman Standard
Era: 50's, 60's
Primary Use:
Notes: Represents a classic American freight car from the 1950s and 1960s, when fifty-foot box cars became the standard. Many railroads of the period operated Pullman Standard's box cars, but details were often specific to each company. One of details that differed was the supplier of the doors (Youngstown or Pullman Standard styles).
Photo of BKTY 18358

April 2017 Video

Frisco Offset Hopper #92398

MODEL INFORMATION
Company: Lionel
Product #: 6-27012
Gauge: Standard O
First Cataloged: 2007
Trucks: Die-cast, Sprung
Couplers: Die-cast, Operating
Notes: Part of 3 car, individually numbered, set 6-21881
Product Website

PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
Builder:
Era: 50's, 60's
Primary Use: Coal
Notes: As early as the late 1920s, the American Association of Railroads began designing standardized 50-ton open hopper cars.  These hoppers would ride the rails for decades.  The A.A.R standard 50-ton open hopper was classified HM, which designated it as a self-clearing open top car with two divided hoppers, fixed ends, fixed sides and doors hinged crosswise to allow dumping between the rails.  The cars became widespread on coal hauling railroads throughout the country, seeing service behind steam and diesel locomotives.

Tens of thousands of these cars were built in the first half of the 20th century and many lasted well into the diesel era and were pulled by all sorts of locomotives from 0-6-0s to mallets to modern six axle road switchers.

Frisco Offset Hopper #92397

MODEL INFORMATION
Company: Lionel
Product #: 6-27011
Gauge: Standard O
First Cataloged: 2007
Trucks: Die-cast, Sprung
Couplers: Die-cast, Operating
Notes: Part of 3 car, individually numbered, set 6-21881
Product Website

PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
Builder: Pullman Standard
Era: 40's, 50's, 60's
Primary Use: Coal
Notes: As early as the late 1920s, the American Association of Railroads began designing standardized 50-ton open hopper cars.  These hoppers would ride the rails for decades.  The A.A.R standard 50-ton open hopper was classified HM, which designated it as a self-clearing open top car with two divided hoppers, fixed ends, fixed sides and doors hinged crosswise to allow dumping between the rails.  The cars became widespread on coal hauling railroads throughout the country, seeing service behind steam and diesel locomotives.

Tens of thousands of these cars were built in the first half of the 20th century and many lasted well into the diesel era and were pulled by all sorts of locomotives from 0-6-0s to mallets to modern six axle road switchers.

As shown, cars were designed with enough volume to allow loading them with coal to maximum weight capacity.   They were used to haul anthracite for home heating, steam coal for power plants and factories and metallurgical coal for steel making. While coal was the primary product carried in these hoppers they were used for other products if a back haul was available. If a higher density material like rock or iron ore was carried the cars could not be loaded to full volume.

Frisco Offset Hopper #92396

MODEL INFORMATION
Company: Lionel
Product #: 6-27010
Gauge: Standard O
First Cataloged: 2007
Trucks: Die-cast, Sprung
Couplers: Die-cast, Operating
Notes: Part of 3 car, individually numbered, set 6-21881
Product Website

PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
Builder: Pullman Standard
Era: 40's, 50's, 60's
Primary Use: Coal
Notes: As early as the late 1920s, the American Association of Railroads began designing standardized 50-ton open hopper cars.  These hoppers would ride the rails for decades.  The A.A.R standard 50-ton open hopper was classified HM, which designated it as a self-clearing open top car with two divided hoppers, fixed ends, fixed sides and doors hinged crosswise to allow dumping between the rails.  The cars became widespread on coal hauling railroads throughout the country, seeing service behind steam and diesel locomotives.

Tens of thousands of these cars were built in the first half of the 20th century and many lasted well into the diesel era and were pulled by all sorts of locomotives from 0-6-0s to mallets to modern six axle road switchers.

New Perspectives

Filling Some More Space

Frisco and MKT Freight Trains

New Video

New People Added

Night Shots

Frisco PS-5 Gondola #61442

MODEL INFORMATION
Company: Lionel
Product #: 6-82862
Gauge: Standard O
First Cataloged: 2016
Product Website

PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
Builder: Pullman Standard
Era:
Primary Use:
Notes: