Re: "TW" reefers
John Nehrich <nehrij@...>
Richard - I'm not sure how much time was given to repaint the billboard
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schemes. I kept coming back to the one article in the '42 MR that bemoaned the total loss of these gaudy cars, and as a first-hand report as to the overall effect. So when I say "pre-'38", I guess that could give a few years leeway, but not much more than that - assuming he is correct, of course. But still, is there any reason to suspect the RC schemes as suitable for, say, mid-'40's? Yes, all the cars in the series were said to have the 6 wood tanks, so I guess all the RC cars should get the extra roof hatches. - John
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From: "Richard Hendrickson" <rhendrickson@opendoor.com> To: <STMFC@egroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: "TW" reefers John Nehrich wrote:their....I look at photos and see aJohn, I only have a couple of photos of the prototypes for the RC wine billboard paint schemes is, of course, unknown.same time. It shows CDLX 307 of the same series with fancy lettering and logoremoved. Coupled next to it was CDLX 298 of the same series, also out of service asdead line when photographed. FWIW, the last reweigh date on CDLX 307 was12-34, which was presumably the date when its billboard paint scheme was applied,I'd estimate.
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