On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 07:29 AM, Steve and Barb Hile wrote: Switching to the Westerfield ACF lot list, Lot 5995 for Kingan was 75 cars. In a 1930 ORER, KRLX 901-975 is a range with 58 cars in it.

L&N’s “steelie” woodracks (#20350-20499) were rebuilt in 1948 from 36-foot double-sheathed boxcars built in 1923. The two-sided Murphy ends were pirated from a Sunshine Models MP woodrack kit

The attached photo is of Kingan 1400, built by ACF in 1920. Believe this is from the ACF collection at the Barriger Library Flickr site. From the Feb 1913 ORER From the June 1917 ORER

Wood sheathed ice reefers (RS) were rebuilt as RB's. In 1959 there were just 15 RB cars in the 9700 series. I have not seen any photos of those cars. I wonder if the Branchline

The ORER records are pretty inscrutable, but there is a picture of Kingan 954 in Kaminsky and Hendrickson’s Billboard reefer book showing it to be an ACF product in 1910. Switching to the

Friends, According to this Wikipedia article, the museum is currently located in Logansport, Indiana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Transportation_Museum . Here is their own web site:

I don't have any registers from that time but here is a short video clip related to Dennis'

Dear Group, At the request of Eva, Jim’s sister-in-law, asked me that if anyone would like to send further condolences. You may do so at Jim’s email

About seven years ago the Indiana Transportation Museum rescued the body of KRLX 943 from a warehouse, where the carbody had been used as secure storage indoors for about seventy years. The car was

Speaking of the kit, I have one that I have been debating whether I should finish building, since it's marginally too early for me. I learned that from this list, by the way. Ron Merrick

The Seaboard car (flat end, single diagonal strap in the end panel, corrugated door) looks like class B-5: Golden, Lines South 4th/04 pp 22-30 and Wider, RP CYC 18 pp 45-51. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Ted and All- I don’t think it is a Q “Cream” car….just doesn’t have that presence. Besides, the picture is taken after the Milwaukee Road adopted the Elgin Watch Company designed numerals

One example of the WRX cars. John Gadow

The mystery car matches NYC milk cars well: canvas covered roof, absence of roofwalk, single vertical grab iron at end of side, no side ladder, rounded corner post, flush doors. In milk service there

Western Refrigerator Line (WRX reporting marks) out of Green Bay WI had a series of insulated boxcars, wood with reefer style doors. Almost all were painted white as in the flood picture, and most

Dan, The F&C X28? Why would you say that? http://www.fandckits.com/HOFreight/7000.html Maybe you're thinking of the Sunshine kits? Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io

Ben and Group I do not believe that these kits have been available for a while. Has there been any change? Thanks, Dan Smith

Bruce, Yes the power cars were on standard gauge trucks and were swapped out with 5' gauge trucks when loaded on the ships. The standard gauge trucks were originally sent back to the factories

Jack Mullen wrote: "I think the PRR boxcar to the left is an X28a, based on the height relative to the other two cars, which I assume are 8'7" / 8'6" IH. I can't quite resolve the class stencil nor

And as the rail milk traffic went to trucks, not unheard of to use milk cars in express traffic, which could take them off line. Dennis Storzek