Thanks to everyone who has offered information on CGW reefers. Greatly appreciated. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

The only three CGW reefer photos I have. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni

ACF built 200 reefers for CGW in 1910, ACL Lot 5828; there’s a photo of a car on the Westerfield ACF CD Roger Hinman

I have read no comments about the incorrect upper door guide seen in Rapido's illustration. It needs to extend farther to the right. Brian Leppert Carson city, NV

Doug, Ck'd my 12/28 ORER - were 20 pass reffers in 4 #groups & 423 frt reefers in 9 groups. I can give you dims, ext, int, wts. The frt are 30T while the pass are 30T, 40T, & 50T. While later than

Doug, I just checked the files in my archive. I don’t have anything on CGW reefers. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

All: I am surprised that there have not been more comments on the milk car shown in the referenced photo. This is a National Car Company milk car. It was somewhat revolutionary at the time and was

Check the Borden milk cars. They and other milk cars had such trucks. Ken Montero

Hi Gerald, I just checked the website again, and the numbers have been changed. This morning, I misspoke when I said last night, the two sets of numbers were the same, and were all four digits

Hi Gerald, Thanks for the info. I'll check it out. I sent them a "Contact" message last night when I noticed the numbers. Thus far I've gotten only an automated response, but maybe that was the

Don't know if they have changed it, but the website currently shows different numbers for the 2 6-car offerings.

The CB&Q XM32 kit has been sold. These kits are still available: Road Name Item Description (Resin Kits and Built) Manufacturer Mfr's Item No. Qty. Unit Price B&O Mill gon, USRA, flat

Looking for information about CGW reefers, circa 1900-1910. Apparently there is an old CGW reefer body in Oelwein. If I recall it was purchased by an Italian immigrant in 1907 and made into a home.

Allen, The Southern was not assigned any USRA boxcars. They were assigned 2000 USRA composite gondolas with drop bottom doors. The original USRA car

Did The Southern operate any that match Rapidos undeveloped? Allen Cain-- Allen Cain Chem-Dry of Brentwood Chem-Dry of Franklin Mr. B's Chem-Dry Bluff City Chem-Dry Chem-Dry of De Soto

Gentlemen: If you Google “The Story of Milk Transportation By Rail” – Rasin River Models, you will find a nice article on the Milk Industry and the railcars. Originally published in the

They are express trucks. These were express cars, equipped for passenger service. If you enlarge the pic and look closely under the end of the hopper, you can see the steam line connector on the

Interesting trucks under the flat car. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Yes, a typo. Ugh. Thanks for the clarification. Ralph Brown Portland, Maine PRRT&HS No. 3966 NMRA No. L2532 rbrown51[at]maine[dot]rr[dot]com

I think Ralph had a typo in the Pennsy car class. The USRA single-sheathed boxcars were the X26 class on the PRR. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN