just a few photos on this page, which is about a book -- if the photos in the book are like these, it may be worthwhile to get a

Underneath on Bettendorfs, not through. Through, not under, on built-up underframes, including express reefers and the 52-foot cars with deeper center sills. Shaken, not stirred. Defense, not offense.

I'll take door number 3. The locations are pretty apparent from the photos and drawings like the R-40-24. What I'd like to know is does the piping go beneath the underframes or through it? Was it

Ed Mines wrote: First, nomenclasture. There was no "R-16," so I suppose you mean R-30/40-16, the slash signifying that cars might have 30-ton or 40-ton underframes, but the same superstructure,

Here is a summary of Service Order 104 from “Freight Car Distribution And Car Handling InThe United States” by Eugene W. Coughlin (1956). In essence this was not designed to put the

I am not Hawkeye but I can't find those 5 boxes. Ed Mines

Ed, At the bottom of every post are 5 boxes, one of which says "reply to sender". Click on it. Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantment Ed Mines

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Yep, records for the Yakima Valley Transportation Co. (owned by the UP) show lots of non PFE reefers in the 40's. Richard Wilkens

They are labeled painting and lettering but no paint information in them. Noel

In the June, 2008 RMC, Ted tells how he built one from pre-production castings, and some homemade parts. Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantment Subject: Re: [STMFC] Seen &

Folks, I'm still looking for a picture of a DFFX car. Marks are for Durkees Famous Foods with a large DURKEES on the side. Handled edible oils, mostly soy. Did a search of the group archives, found

Noel, Maybe Tom can help with this. I do clearly remember seeing painting and lettering drawings when I went through the Vail Collection a few years ago. There were dated entries indicating when

Yes. Both PFE and SFRD got loaded MDT reefers during WW II and were required to re-load them. Western perishable shippers hated them, as the shippers' dunnage was all made to fit the standard sizes

Ed, It means that reefers, like boxcars, operated in a "national pool" and therefore they would be seen on foreign roads at similar frequencies to their frequency in the national pool. It also had

John, it’s <b.leppert@...>. Richard Hendrickson

I wrote: "The US experienced a recession in 1937 that set back the recovery from the depression, and it wasn't really until the fall of France in 1940 when the economy started taking off due to

Hi All, Would anyone have a contact for Brian Leppert handy? I need to order a replacement TMW truck set. Thanks, John John Golden O'Fallon, IL Golden1014@...

Is this shown anywhere? Ed Mines

Thanks. Would this mean MDT reefers might appear more frequently on railroads competing with NYC since they could be loaded offline from NYC? Ed Mines