Ed, I have several photos of these cars. IIRC, several hundred were built by GATC before WW II. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Did CB&Q have steel reefers in the early '40s?

Does anyone have a diagram book from URTX from the late '40s? I'm interested in the steel reefer pictured in the 1940 (or '41?) CBC with 2 latches on each side. Were there many of them or is was

Ed Mines asked: "Has anyone in the group seen the books "New York, Ontario & Western in Color" and "PRR Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment"? I'm mostly interested in color photos of rolling

1925 Car; cubic Listed the same way in Oct 1919 register.

Well, if it were me in the WP shops I'd've used roll roofing or roofing felt coated with tar and then aluminum paint. The roofs shown look to me like they could well be felt, not canvas, which is

Clark Propst wrote: While Epstein's A HISTORY OF GATX 1898-1948 may not be much of a help for modeling purposes, there is a one paragraph summary of URTX's history. "In the refrigerator field, the

AFAIK, canvas ~roofs (i.e., canvas over wood) were not much used on freight cars after the ~turn of the last century. Unfortunately, I've never seen a builder's photo ~of the WP cars, though maybe

~It was a 40 foot box car, one of 1,000 built by General ~American in 1940 to the AAR 10'6" (nominal) design. I have ~a photo of another such IC car in special assigned service. ~An ORER is a good

IC #28452 was part of the #28201-28500 series as per the November 1925 ORER. Its Mechanical Designation was XF and descibed as a Furniture Car; Inside Length 44' 11 7/8", Inside Height 9', 6' wide

ed_mines@... writes: Hi Ed and others, CB&Q built its first series of steel reefers in 1937. The series was 74730-74999, 44 ft cars with Murphy panel roofs and unusual forked rib

Ed, There are actually 3 volumes of the PRR book out now (Well, volume 1 is out of print and a little hard to find). As noted, these are predominantly photos shot in the 1960's and often into the

Ah, one of Chuck Donaldson's pics (www.somewherewest.com ...lots of excellent shots) Canvas or tar paper was commonly applied to wooden roofs, and nailed at the edges. An effective modeling method is

Ed, I have (of course if you knew me!) the NYO&W in Color book. For freight cars its so-so, for camelbacks and FT's its great. I would suggest you take a look at the "XYZ... Trackside" books by

Tim, Great idea. Besides the CNW (which had several thousand of these things), ASRX, FCP (Mexico) and the DSS&A had them. They were discussed at length in RPC #1 by Ed Hawkins. In addition to the

Oops, nevermind. I did not notice the 1916 date. Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Sterling, Massachusetts

It was a 40 foot box car, one of 1,000 built by General American in 1940 to the AAR 10'6" (nominal) design. I have a photo of another such IC car in special assigned service. An ORER is a good place

Off the top of my head, uh, SP, WP, RI, SAL, L&N You could model one of the IC 40 footers, PS-1 style riveted series 22000-23534 built 1954-1955. Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Sterling,

at there their to Thats RYDAROWICZ. Took me two years to learn how to pronounce it, I still working on the spelling.

the a AAR promoted by be New (H-12), Clark, Get some panels from Stan Ryarowicz and decals from Mark Vaughn and create a Wabash 36000 series panel hopper. It would be a natural to come off the