The ACY was an interesting road. They leased a lot of used equipment
which seemed to turn over about every 5 years. Since they did little if
any painting of freight cars themselves, the constant turnover of
rolling stock was what kept the paint schemes up to date.

Thanks again,
Mont Switzer

This might interest someone. It is a freight train on the Chicago Great Western on March 15, 1938, operating from Rochester, Minnesota, to McIntire, Iowa, where the cars would be picked up by mainline CGW freights destined for Kansas City, Council Bluffs, or Chicago.

Engine # 602, a Consolidation with a road tender [most CGW Consols had clear-vision tenders]
Caboose # 63

road car number from station to station contents car type

CGW 24916 Goodhue Oelwein company materials box
ART 17887 Rochester K C empty refrig CGW 10685 Rochester Chicago cattle stock
CGW 10613 Rochester Chicago cattle stock
MILW 701499 Rochester way freight merchandise box
CGW 3763 Goodhue Ostrander company materials [unclear]
CLE 50270 Rochester Osage empty refrig [reporting marks unclear]
UTLX 22003 Winona Des Moines empty tank
DRX 6403 Winona KC empty tank C&NW 129124 Winona Ingalton flour box
L&R 80059 Winona Ingalton flour box
C&EI 64004 Winona Chicago barley box
SRLX 1631 Winona Chicago meat refrig
SRLX 18392 Winona Bellewood meat refrig
SRLX 19081 Winona Chicago meat refrig
C&NW 36488 Winona KC paper box
L&R 70340 Winona Omaha paper box
WRX 9232 Winona Omaha cheese refrig
WRX 10004 Winona Omaha canned goods refrig
PHD 1357 Bethany, MN Bellewood empty box
FGEX 34642 Winona Randolph, MN empty refrig
PM 89161 Winona St. Paul cement box
CGW 43048 Winona way frt merchandise box

The reporting marks, if I made them out correctly, L&R are unclear to me as are those of the refrigerator car CLE or whatever that is. Anyone have an idea?

Does anyone know if this paint scheme was applied to forty foot boxcars
prior to 1960?
Mont Switzer

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Tim;
Thank you very much for that lead.
By any chance, do you know of anyone that produced decals in HO for
these unique cars?
Thanks,
Elden

... welded 103B-W acid (rubber-lined) car .. produced by GATC around
1960-66 at least, done in brass by Lambert. It is an unusual prototype,
but then again, what tank car wasn't?

Fred,

I believe that I have general arrangement drawings for this car. In time, it
will be offered by Speedwitch Models. Currently we are making kits for a
couple of gons following by a NH flat car. Tank cars should follow next
year.

Charlie

Charles Dean
Speedwitch Models
2213 Frankfort Road
Shelbyville, Ky. 40065
502.649.7012
www.speedwitch.com

Looking for a match for the GATX ICC, 103B-W 8,000 gal. car.
Anyone on the list have a good idea of what car is currenlt the
closest to the one in question?