I'll take a different take on this. Or agree more fully with Rich Chapin. Not in any way defending the car however if - this or cars like this with the poor handrails and graphic image not quite

Chris and Friends, I'm pretty sure the tank and underframe are from the old HObby Line kits from the late 1950s. IIRC, this tooling passed first to Lionel, then to Model Power or somebody. Now it's

Agreed that it is a “Fantasy” scheme … a form of freelancing. It is not an errant form of anything that actually exist, so NOT a “foobie". Dan MItchell ==========

Looking to see if somebody has one in thier stash they would part with. This would be the tall car that is Yellow with the Jar on the door. If you do please contact me off list. Thanks Scott

Bob, Congratulations to you and your fellow modelers for pursuing this project. Jim Brewer

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:47 PM, Dennis Storzek wrote: Decades ago John Nehrich wanted to call them "bifurcated" ends. But they're really just the standard Dreadnaught pattern as normally seen from

Dennis Storzek wrote: I disagree, Dennis. Look at the ribs with the "indents." They are the major ribs, not the flat parts between the ribs. On normal Dreadnaughst, the flat parts between the

Very interesting, I'm wondering how far north they gotm if even into Canada

Yee-haw! Ron Merrick

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:22 PM, Jack Mullen wrote: Great find, Ron. Clear images of roof details are scarce. This one is also the best I've seen of those fork-tailed-rib ends. Can't remember if we

Great find, Ron. Clear images of roof details are scarce. This one is also the best I've seen of those fork-tailed-rib ends. Can't remember if we have an official name for 'em. I think this car will

This is going to be expensive.... Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Santa Fe Mechanical Refrigerator Car: Coming Soon In HO Scale The announcement from Rapido

That is a great detail shot of the Ice hatches. I did not know that there were two pins securing the hatch. Does anyone have a similar shot of PFE hatches? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung

I found this picture of a Burlington Route ice refrigrator in my files. I thought someone would be interested. The stencil reads built 8 37. Ron Christensen

Potentially laughing all the way to the bank. It's cute, and if I had kids I'd be thinking about it. -- Jeff Shultz http://www.shultzinfosystems.com A railfan approaches a grade crossing hoping that

I've assembled some data on the WRX RBs and RBLs from Official Railway Equipment Registers (manly from getting copies of WRX listings from the NMRA library in Chattanooga). Here are all the WRX

Yes, fantasy scheme is more accurate. I imagine that the person who thought it up is laughing at his/her own cleverness! Jim

Agreed Tim. Good thoughts. Jerry Michels

There is a T-Rex oil company but I found no reference to tank cars. Lionel also offers this paint scheme. In any event, we need a time machine to find such future paint schemes.