----- Original Message -----
From: Clark Propst <cepropst@...>
To: <STMFC@...>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Swift meat cars

Norm,
Classic Freight Cars Vol. 3 is on 40 ft. reefers. There are several

great

shots of Swift reefers at the Sioux City Iowa plant taken in 54. Most cars

are

red, but there still are yellow cars around. Most cars appear to be wood

rather

than steel. I see no composite cars. Also GATX must have had a big

presence in

the packing industry. You will need GATX tank cars too, plus and

assortment of

regular box cars for incoming supplies, and older cars for tankage and

hides.

I will include a list of prototype cars with proper contents that I made

up

for the local Armour plant.
tin cans box IC 43065, LA 36112
coal hopper PRR 172193 169635-172921
salt box
rock salt box
saw dust box
cardboard box box MStL 52047 52000-52266
stock hogs stock NP 82724 82500-83249
MStL 72009 72001-72019
MStL 73089 73001-73099
stock cattle
stock sheep stock NP 82680 82500-83249
CN 55250
meal box ATSF 138916 138700-139199
CBQ 25043 25000-25499
NC&StL 20102 20000-21399
lard
tankage box PRR 56841 562729-563169
tank water tank
tallow tank GATX 23564 22900-23999
GATX 24950 24264-25275
CWTX 3221
hides box PRR 53252 49314-57641
MSTL 25166 25000-25898
meat reefer ARLX 1955* 1 to 2000
ARLX 11191* 11000-11999
meat scrap box MILW 700788 7000000-703999


Norman+Laraine Larkin wrote:

I'd like to ask an additional question regarding the Swift reefers. Does
anyone know of a source that could provide a brief history of the Swift
reefers. I'm modeling the Boston and Albany's Grand Junction Branch in
Cambridge Mass which was home to a large Swift (was Squires ) meat

packing

plant (hogs in, pork out). I'd like to know what cars were appropriate

in

1953 regards,
Norm Larkin
----- Original Message -----
From: <bakert@...>
To: <STMFC@...>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 12:14 PM
Subject: [STMFC] Swift meat cars

Over the years I have seen quite a few photos of Swift meat reefers.

Those I

have seen are either all wood or all metal. Did the Swift fleet

include

any

composite cars with metal roofs and ends but wood sides?

Tom


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