Hi Richard, Tony, and List Members,

 

I assume we are trying to compare the Athearn body and paint scheme shown at the link below...

 

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FE0AAOSwldlcrRWz/s-l1600.jpghttps://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FE0AAOSwldlcrRWz/s-l1600.jpg

 

with the Carnation wood reefers shown in the rediculously long link below...

 

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/B739dyBgLKmjpUs6JB2tiBA4wVj_RPS4yME78ifr2ZzqzBMTa8YPGAp0-s3u7NeertSfPKhZ6-fuUjXzq_IDXbIBExvBjqDYYmsxtR82tJVPtDx4INc0NwB_fGRiyz0XSvzFyMF2UPEO8FsKVLOHHh7YOGsSZQ3lB-OJ2XIi6sQU16oxceRid5_XWAg7f90YvI9FrhqxdKFbZf7ShcRBvx8XxMnQVdQJuAbPljReRuhoE-9LjY9Xf6led9bhzwS1bAKaEPCnO7A8s_5rOhyZdqkVSl8IvZkF5zmpXp47AOXKu-2eDBURGTAbr0GX-Sm5GfKCsIDgYHdroFlm_JDcUjyApr3TMJGu2wDoeHcZnbVZF-DXxBAmflsEwdNHoL-PqcKb1d8RQtI2VWZufusC2Xaj6wvGQFdJxeh6BJFyn2R7edLYwAh-DO2-sXbogwnsiSlBl6C0M6_DRZHE3a3w6ZIb9u-CgVtvLLuApbn1ZrVN8rMPhILLw70MeWeiqpb0fcBYF-n1wQLoWOVdN032QKPz0_AnLC04mJTp0E_VFKR2JynzMOdKFKib1NQVHvog3-6IuzNiiWw388fs-PYf-lySjMcwNsou-3ZlE0oJud2JNhObC8fflY-R_QKHdCfr0uCN_4MUR0Dxgqz6YUzW6wy5lPWeSA=w600-h418-no

 

 

Is that right?

 

Claus Schlund

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Tony Thompson

To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io

Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 1:26 PM

Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Throwback Thursday: Athearn Rolling Stock Ad, Model Railroader, December 1962

Richard Townsend wrote:

> A question I have asked before, but never gotten a suitable answer: is there a prototype for the paint scheme on the Carnation reefer?

  Certainly not on the Athearn body. There was a similar though not identical scheme on a pre-1934 billboard car. I suspect Athearn winged it on that one, possibly using current Carnation advertising.

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