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Colin, Interesting photo. That reweigh certainly could be 12-19, which would make some sense as some longitudinally riveted cars with safeties mounted on the top of the dome were starting to make an

Hi Clark, According to the ATSF reefer book, USRA rebuild classes Rr-19 through Rr-27 (the Long's and Intermountain models) were all built in 1936 through early 1940 with wooden running boards and

Hi folks, I'm about to start working on a Life Like 10 000k tank car kit that was obviously inspired by the following photo from Ian Cranstone's site

Steve, Please send the list. Jared Harper ---In STMFC@..., <shile@...> wrote : I have a small groupof HO freight cars that are excess to my needs for sale. I will send you alist if you contact me,

Bill, There are two color photos of these cars in Jim Eager's WESTERN PACIFIC COLOR GUIDE TO FREIGHT AND PASSENGER EQUIPMENT. A car preserved at the Feather River Railroad Museum

Clark. I'll take a gander at my copy of SFRH&MS Ice Reefer book and try to reply to your question off list. Robert J. Miller CFA Saginaw, MI Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on

At a train show a couple weekends ago I picked up a Longs Drug Store/IMSFRD reefer kit. The car has a reweigh of 40 and has the R-27 class. In the boxwas a Plano running board set for the R-28, 32

I have a red caboose kit r-30-12 pfe/wp reefer with feather in WP logo as orange but I've seen a red caboose RTR with the feather as silver. Can anyone explain which is correct? (I'm modeling

Below are the PFE reefers with egg loads as reported on TerryLink's Canada Southern Railway website. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA ++++ ---In STMFC@..., <sarahsan@...> wrote : Bill and

Up until the 60s eggs were coated in "water glass". I'm not sure how often and how much this was done but I do know it was done. It's possible this is what the term meant. --

Dear Bruce, Again, thank you. I can narrow my search. I have always appreciated your willingness to share your knowledge with like-minded folks. I have learned a lot through this site. Sincerely, Ken

While google will tell you that dressed eggs means deviled eggs, I suspect the term “dressed eggs” back in the steam era may refer to eggs that had been cleaned and candled (another term long gone

Railworks sold the trucks separately as well. They aren’t in business and their successor Crown Custom has sold out most inventory, but it might be useful to look either with Crown Custom or in the

Bob; I haven't found the full correspondence yet (still looking), but they were early WW2 (1939+) conversions of existing (as one example 1934-built) X31 DD cars, for Jeep transport. After the war

Bill and Friends, Enough cracking egg jokes. PFE rebuilt 50 R-30 cars to class R-40-6 circa 1935-36 for egg service. These were numbered PFE 80101-80150. They are

Hi Schuyler, Perhaps -- just perhaps -- the job of being an "egg dresser" has gone the way of a "buggy whip maker"? Refrigeration has changed a good deal of peoples' lives. I need to do some

I have a small groupof HO freight cars that are excess to my needs for sale. I will send you alist if you contact me, off list, at shile (at) mindspring (dot) com. Actual shipping cost from

Oh, now there’s a job title “Egg dresser” What do you do for a living?” “Oh, I dress eggs.” “Say what?” “I take eggs and rub them with butter. It’s called ‘dressing

Dear Colleagues, I am in the same situation as Jack, so I also greatly appreciate all that the members of this group contribute. A follow-up question: Is anyone aware of any manufacturer making an HO