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Re: Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo?

Eric Lombard
 

Happy New Year Everyone ...

"Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo?"

IRC 61973-62345

1912[9]-1913[1]   373  Fowler/Dominion pattern cars BLT by Nova Scotia Car Co, Halifax, NS.

1913(1) ORER states: "The freight cars of this Railway are marked Intercolonial Canada." "Intercolonial Railway of Canada," and Initialled "I.C.R," [being changed to I.R.C],..."

1915(9) ORER states: Reporting Marks—“ I R C ”  The freight cars are
marked “lntercolonial Canada." “Intercolonial Railway of Canada." and initialed “I. C. R.” [being changed to I. R. C.], and “C. G. R." ..."

1919(12) ORER lists 370 cars in 61973-62345. So, on the verge of the photo date only a few had been lost and #62231 in the photo was one of those re-marked to IRC marks.

1922[1] Begin RENO into CN 378279-378643.

Eric Lombard
Homewood, IL
Re: Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo?

Eric Hansmann
 

Michigan Central is emblazoned on the car side to the left of the doors.

Eric Hansmann

El Paso, TX


On January 1, 2016 at 6:19 AM "riverman_vt@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:

Claus,

    This looks to me to be a car from the Intercolonial Rwy. and I, too, believe
it is one of the Dominion cars. But what is that equally interesting 1 & 1/2 door,
6 over 7 end, steel sheathed car to its right? Possibly one of the early NYC cars?

Happy New Year, Don Valentine
Re: Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo?

Schuyler Larrabee
 

Zoomed in, the reporting marks kind of look like AT&SF, and the herald on the far end looks vaguely circular, but I am not claiming to have properly identified the car . . .



Schuyler



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Claus,



This looks to me to be a car from the Intercolonial Rwy. and I, too, believe

it is one of the Dominion cars. But what is that equally interesting 1 & 1/2 door,

6 over 7 end, steel sheathed car to its right? Possibly one of the early NYC cars?



Happy New Year, Don Valentine





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Re: Testors Decal Printing Results

Richard Townsend
 

I've printed black decals on Microscale "Trim Film" on the color cube at work and I am quite satisfied with them. They don't dissolve in water or decal setting solution.
 
Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
Re: Testors Decal Printing Results

Chuck Soule
 

> Mike Bauers wrote:

> What’s the reports on the suitability of the Xerox solid ink printers for decals???

My company replaced one of its network printers with a Xerox ColorQube several years ago, and it is not popular from the perspective of the peons' work needs.  We frequently print maps or engineering drawings and mark them up for review.  The waxy surface is almost impossible to write on with anything short of a Sharpie.  Even text pages are frustrating to write on.  Also, we generally feel the graphic resolution/color response is not as good as some of our other laser printers.

I don't know how that would translate to decal needs. 

Chuck Soule
Re: Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo?

riverman_vt@...
 

Claus,

    This looks to me to be a car from the Intercolonial Rwy. and I, too, believe
it is one of the Dominion cars. But what is that equally interesting 1 & 1/2 door,
6 over 7 end, steel sheathed car to its right? Possibly one of the early NYC cars?

Happy New Year, Don Valentine
Re: Photo-etched parts

Steve Stull
 

I will third that statement.  I have purchased both decals (ATSF Dyno 29) and grab iron jigs from Peter. He is excellent in both communication, and quality of product.
Thanks for your efforts Peter.

Steve Stull



On 12/30/2015 9:42 PM, Tim O'Connor timboconnor@... [STMFC] wrote:
My favorite has been the "Peter Aue" system. It's remarkably easy to use,
 very cost effective, and the results are quite spectacular. :-)
Re: Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo?

Pierre Oliver
 

Intercolonial Railway of Canada?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercolonial_Railway
Pierre Oliver
www.elgincarshops.com
www.yarmouthmodelworks.com
On 12/31/15 9:37 PM, Eric Hansmann eric@... [STMFC] wrote:

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From the appearance of the grab iron attachments on the left corner, this seems like a Dominion/Fowler car design. There is also a sill step on the left side of the car end. Is this a predecessor road to the Canadian National? The photo is dated March 1920.

Eric Hansmann
El Paso, TX

On Dec 31, 2015, at 5:39 PM, 'Claus Schlund HGM' claus@... [STMFC] wrote:

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Re: Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see p

John Riddell
 

This appears to be boxcar IRC 62231, one of 356 boxcars in series 61973-62345 of the Intercolonial Railway of Canada.  Its a long way from its home in eastern Canada.
 
John Riddell 

Re: Ice refrigerators (Frozen Turkeys)

Tim O'Connor
 


A huge factor in why I decided to change era from ~1960 to ~1970...

Tim O'Connor



One other thing I may add to this string, (even though the title remains Ice refrigerators)
  in a recent read of Railway Age, it notes that there were only 152 Mechanical reefers in service in 1952.

And so as I am modeling 1953, I see no need to ever purchase a model of one.
        The phrase, rare as hen's teeth - comes readily to mind.                                Jim Dick - St. Paul

Re: Ice refrigerators lettered "RD"

pennsylvania1954
 

Now I understand. Salt. Thanks, all!

Steve Hoxie
Pensacola FL
Re: Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo?

Eric Hansmann
 

From the appearance of the grab iron attachments on the left corner, this seems like a Dominion/Fowler car design. There is also a sill step on the left side of the car end. Is this a predecessor road to the Canadian National? The photo is dated March 1920.

Eric Hansmann
El Paso, TX

On Dec 31, 2015, at 5:39 PM, 'Claus Schlund HGM' claus@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:

Hi List Members,


Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo? Reporting marks seem to end in RC, but
there might be one or more letters before that we cannot see.

http://clerk.seattle.gov/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?s1=49351.NUM.&Sect6=HITOFF&Sect5=PHOT5&Sect4=AND&d=PHO2&l=1&p=1&u=/~public/phot1.htm&r=1&f=G

Claus Schlund



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Re: Ice refrigerators (Frozen Turkeys)

Rufus Cone
 

In the context of this discussion, the following articles on NHIX cars on the NP give further information about transport of frozen food in ice reefers.
David Lambert, MDT Metamorphosis NHIX, Railroad Model Craftsman, January & February 1990

Comments on NHIX by H Lansing Vail, Jr. - NYCS Historical Society, Railroad Model Craftsman, August-1990 

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Rufus Cone
Bozeman, MT
Re: Ice refrigerators (Frozen Turkeys)

LOUIS WHITELEY <octoraro1@...>
 




On Dec 31, 2015, at 4:13 PM, Tony Thompson tony@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:

 

BDob Chaparro wrote:

 
The amount of salt required to achieve 32 degrees usually was 30 percent by weight compared to the ice. I'm sure this kind of extreme performance in the ice bunker cars required frequent reicing.

   Probably this is a typo by Bob. An equilibrium mixture of water and ice, no salt, is at 32 degrees (Fahrenheit). Salt additions lower that temperature. The minimum achievable (in the laboratory) with 23 percent salt is -6 degrees (the temperature of the water-salt eutectic, for the technically minded -- you can read about eutectics on Wikipedia). Use of more salt, for example 30 percent, is just insurance. I have read that it was difficult to get an ice reefer below 10 degrees in real life. And BTW, ice cars used for frozen loads were heavily insulated compared to ordinary ice reefers.

Tony Thompson             Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA
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Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo?

Claus Schlund &#92;(HGM&#92;)
 

Hi List Members,


Can anyone identify the road name for the car whose end we see prominently in this photo? Reporting marks seem to end in RC, but there might be one or more letters before that we cannot see.

http://clerk.seattle.gov/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?s1=49351.NUM.&Sect6=HITOFF&Sect5=PHOT5&Sect4=AND&d=PHO2&l=1&p=1&u=/~public/phot1.htm&r=1&f=G

Claus Schlund
Re: Testors Decal Printing Results

genegreen1942@...
 

I bought an ALPS 500 when they first came out, tested it once and then never used it.  Should I sell it?
Gene Green
Re: Ice refrigerators (Frozen Turkeys)

np328
 

One other thing I may add to this string, (even though the title remains Ice refrigerators)
  in a recent read of Railway Age, it notes that there were only 152 Mechanical reefers in service in 1952.

And so as I am modeling 1953, I see no need to ever purchase a model of one. 
        The phrase, rare as hen's teeth - comes readily to mind.                                Jim Dick - St. Paul

Re: Ice refrigerators lettered "RD"

railsnw@...
 

All,


The list that David Turner is referring to is from SP&S Chief Engineer File SPS 8171 which was the AFE for construction of icing facilities at Portland. The list is from October 15, 1945 to October 29, 1945. The list shows quite a few carloads of turkeys that originated in Portland, Albany, and Eugene, OR. Destination was New York City, Chicago, and Seattle. Besides the SFRD cars these were also loaded in MDT, URT, PFE, WFE, NWX, and NRC cars. Also at this same time was shipments of frozen fruit.


This file and many others are from the SP&S and it's subsidiaries and are in the SP&S Ry. Historical Society Archives.


Rich Wilkens
Re: Ice refrigerators lettered "RD"

ROGER HINMAN
 

 I have a stack of waybills somewhere I bought on ebay years ago and they’re all from a food chain in Boston for frozen turkeys coming from Spokane in the 50s. Some came in in highly insulated reefers, others came in normal RS cars of the period.


Roger Hinman




On Dec 31, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Tony Thompson tony@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:


Steve Hoxie wrote:

 

Hi Jim--Thanks for replying. The list of cars reiced in Portland was from Oct 1945, at least 5 years before mechanical reefers began making a significant appearance. Loaded on a Rr-09 and a Rr-32 both with stage icing those turkeys wouldn't be frozen. Again, all the way to New York City? I know what happens to chicken left in my fridge for three days without cooking or freezing, and it isn't good.


   Steve, you assume that frozen food could not be shipped in ice reefers, which is not true. Addition of salt could reduce temperatures into the teens (Fahrenheit) and a mechanical reefer was not essential. I'm not saying that the turkey cargoes in question WERE frozen, but only that if they WERE frozen, they could be shipped in an ice car. Indeed frozen food was so shipped since the 1920s. Mechanical reefers were primarily important because they could attain lower temperatures than was possible with ice plus salt, such as zero Fahrenheit, essential for high-sugar things like frozen orange juice, rapidly growing in popularity after WW II.

Tony Thompson             Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA
2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705         www.signaturepress.com
(510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, tony@...
Publishers of books on railroad history
Re: Testors Decal Printing Results

mwbauers
 

I just grabbed them and I can feel barely any texture on the pages. It’s very, very slight and subtle.

Maybe its been improved in the newer models ???

Best to ya,
Mike Bauers
Milwaukee, Wi

On Dec 31, 2015, at 3:48 PM, BRIAN PAUL  wrote:

The ones I’ve seen are “thick”; you can feel the raised print when you run your fingers across the page. The technology uses wax “plugs” you feed into the machine.

Thanks!
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Brian Ehni

From: Mike Bauers...

What’s the reports on the suitability of the Xerox solid ink printers for decals???

I took them up on their offer of several sample printed pages, and the quality is a pure dream to behold.

I think that’s a no more than a $600 printer.

Best to ya,
Mike Bauers
Milwaukee, Wi

> On Dec 31, 2015, at 2:04 PM, 'John Hagen' wrote:
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> Garth,
> The Testors system works fine IF you need black lettering. Of course if the car you are lettering happens to be white, then …...
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