Mm, when were the Jones & Laughlin 20,000-gallon tanks built? They appear (JLSX 1020-1028) in the 1936 tank-car tariff but I don't have an earlier listing. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I would like to know what is the tank car with the most gallons in capacity as of the year 1930. The candidate I've been thinking is the 1930-built Santa Fe Tk-L with 16,000 gallons or a little more.

Likely an ex-NKP rebuild as offered in resin by Sunshine. I do not remember it origins so I cannot speak to whether it rebuilt from a USRA car or not. Bill Welch

Does anyone know who may have applied Hutchins ends to their USRA rebuilds? I'm guessing this TP&W car is second-hand... https://www.flickr.com/photos/11690865@N06/35324886915/ Tim O'Connor

I already offered to send the DW parts to Bill, but if he prefers Terry's parts that's ok too. They are very similar to each otherwith only a tiny difference in height and thickness. For all I know

I have not done the fitting, counting ribs and comparison checks, but what is the possibility that the ends Terry Wegmann made for his PFE R-30-18 flat kit being useful for this application? Bill, I

A little more background on this. On August 18, 1918, the United States Railway Administration announced thatthe SFRD (Despatch) would be under Federal control of the USRA effective January 1, 1919.

Thanks, Dennis. I was going for an on-line shop because this doesn’t have the look of the typical reweigh. There’s no paint patch with the FA 10-45 lettering on it, it appears to have been

One other item. The periods after each letter starting in 1902 was discontinued in the 1943-44 period. So S.F.R.D. became SFRD John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque

Exactly what I did want, thanks! Schuyler Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 11:21 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: SFRD The reporting marks SFRD started in 1902 when the Santa

---In STMFC@..., <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote : Is there, was there, some car shop, perhaps small, on the D&RGW where this car might have been repaired/repainted in 1945?

The reporting marks SFRD started in 1902 when the Santa FE Refrigerator Line was combined into a new Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch company. In 1918 the USRA ruled that the Santa Fe Refrigerator

A friend has a photo of a box car (blt ’39, I believe) but it has a legend of “FA 10-45” to the left of the door. Friends who are D&RGW fans (but not on STMFC) have asked me what that means.

When was SFRD created? Schuyler

John, the Rr-71 had ASYMMETRIC sides - the number of ribs is not the same on both sides.

Well this discussion has gotten out of the period of this group. Sorry for the distraction. I will keep my future comments to stay within the 1960 deadline John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque

thanks john thats good news for us n scaler tom -- Thomas j Cataldo

Some question about the N scale model being a copy of the Walthers - well it is not. The RR-71 N scale model had the correct rib count on the side The door on the N scale model appears correct in

Seriously? Are we looking at the same models? The N scale reefer appearsto be a replica of the Walthers model, but smaller. Wrong roof, wrong sides,wrong doors for either the Rr-71 or Rr-72. But other

This is a whole lot better model than the very poor Walthers HO RR-72 MTC non-model. The RR-71 was a good selection as there were 175 car built. It appears to be in the as 1962 as built