--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote:
On Feb 26, 2009, at 10:48 PM, Dave Nelson wrote:
Am looking for more information of the cars of the Pure Carbonic company.
Were these cars entirely "custom" (on the outside) or might I
find
something similar enough for anything in the HO scale market to use or
kitbash?
Opinions?
Any pointers to where I might find other car images would also be
most
welcome.
Use a Sunshine MDT 6000 and change the door hinges-I think Tichy
makes suitable hinges. Clover House has the DICX lettering though you may have to play with the number.
Larry King
Dave, DICX reporting marks were originally assigned to the
American
Dry Ice Corporation Refrigerator Line of New York, but in the mid-1930s its cars, along with the reporting marks, were taken
over
by the Merchants Despatch Transportation Co. subsidiary of the New York Central System, where the DICX fleet grew in size to about
250
cars by the early 1950s. Pure Carbonic, which was a division of
the
Air Reduction Co., Inc., leased its cars from MDT, but not all of
the
DICX were leased to Pure Carbonic; there were other dry ice shippers. The photos I've seen show that all of the DICX cars of that vintage appear to be conventional wood-sheathed refrigerator cars which have been converted for dry ice loading by adding very heavy insulation. A common feature was the application of extra- strength strap door hinges owing to the added weight of the insulation on the doors. I have photos of DICX 128, DICX 218, and DICX 283 which I can scan and send to you off-list.
