Dennis those all appear to be significantly different looking rebuildsthan this car - and I could be wrong but they all appear to be 36 foot cars!(I know the web site says they are 40 feet long but

Yep. I took many photos of a nearly identical ex-NYC car sitting inthe "relic collection" in Utica, New York ~14-15 yearsago. https://www.flickr.com/photos/timboconnor/34089410612/ Tim O'Connor

---In STMFC@..., <rwitt_2000@...> wrote : I looked in the photos I have for a similar URTX reefers and cannot find any. Reefer similar to this one were probably built new in the 1950s with 3-3 dart

Jeff, You forgot about the high prices that the life guard union was charging in those days. Allen

Jack, You wrote, “I kinda figured that the reason for this conversion was that with the beginning of pool cabooses, the large auto car body was needed to provide room for the

I looked in the photos I have for a similar URTX reefers and cannot find any. Reefer similar to this one were probably built new in the 1950s with 3-3 dart naught ends and horizontal side seams and

Mike, Ya know, it’s helpful to post an image or a link… and the funning thing is, GOOGLE found it right away: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/419/19787279323_941656a809_b.jpg That looks like a GSC

A couple of model progress photos has turned into a blog post. Craig Zeni offers an update on a couple of weathered box car models. Check out his techniques in the latest Resin Car Works blog

Also take care not to use the IM/RC R-30-12-9 (or the WP car) because it's the short version compared to the IM/RC R-30-9 body, which is the >1939 tall version. Difference between both models is 3mm.

I too would fudge and use a couple of R-54s as the rest are beyond my modeling period. Jim --------------------------------------------

Brian Carlson

Why not try combining an InterMountain PFE 40-10 roof w/the Tichy sides and ends? Bill Welch

Can someone look up the original RR that owned the about 36-foot cast drop bottom flatcar that spent its last years as HCMX-4403 in the Harnischfeger Milwaukee plant?? It was scrapped a few years ago

Folks, I wondered if anyone was planning in replacing the trucks on the BLI 6K tank cars. That seems to me to be the weakest part of these cars... and I'm wondering what to swap in place of the BLI

> I model the early 1960s. The other class that attracts myattention is Rr-69 with 500 built in 1961. > Posted by: "Gary Green" Obviously the Rr-69 is post-STMFC. Nevertheless, a manufacturer

Andy, We have been selling singles since they arrived. Merlyn Lauber Caboose Stop Hobbies Cedar Falls, Iowa

> If you were to proposethat a manufacturer invest in the tooling and production of a firstgeneration > Santa Fe mechanical refrigerator car, which classwould you suggest? Bob my suggestion would

I would fudge and use some RR-54, but everything else is just too late for my modeling. Steve Sandifer

---In STMFC@..., <gary@...> wrote : Bob, The Rr-56 would be a very desirable model with a significant number built in the later 1950s. I model the early 1960s. The other class that attracts my

Tony lol - YMMV. In any case, it's the order that matters, not the magnitude. :-) Tim