Since our Group has been discussing North Western green and yellow reefers I thought this is a good opportunity to share two Pacific Car & Foundry photos I bought awhile back at O Scale West.

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Lloyd Thanks, were the truck also black? -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Ok. Those line items match ICC Category code names and finding those names plus carloads is something of interest for me. Thanks for the reply. Dave Nelson

Charie your list looks good. But the underframes were black, side sill green. LK

Grossly inaccurate caption, while still being technically correct. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Bob Chaparro via groups.io"

Photo: PRR Boxcar 90925 Photo from the Omaha, NE, Durham Museum Photo Archive: https://durhammuseum.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15426coll7/id/973/rec/54 Use the arrows and then scroll to

It sounds like gray is correct. Thanks everyone.

We have a number of discussions and photos of hide loading cars on the Railway Bull Shippers Group

I'm looking for a pair of HO scale trucks with Simplex bolsters. As I recall they were offered by Life-Like Canada. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Charlie I have my doubts that the underframes were always green on the Y/G cars, as some photos seem to show some contrast between the sides and the underset

could it be yellow ? On 6/2/2022 2:13 AM, Sean Murphy wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Guys; Be aware that many X31A (and X31, X31B, etc.) had interior racks or Evans car loaders that resulted in exterior reinforcement plates or angles. Can we see the pic? Elden Gatwood

Definitely grey with the black lettering. They were grey by mid-forties, but some remained in red in 1956. See attached. Elden Gatwood From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io

I got a copy of the Northwestern article that Lloyd mentioned; lots of information but the painting details on the Y/G reefers doesn’t go into any detail for modeling. It just states the cars were

At one time some cars were leased to the trolley here - Mason City & Clear Lake RR Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

At one time some cars were leased to the trolley here - Mason City & Clear Lake RR Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Hi Sean, The later PRR scheme for these cars was gray with black lettering. The earlier scheme was FCC (red) with white lettering, but I don’t recall the timeframe for the change. The PRRPro

Has anyone built one of F&C PRR TM8 tank car kits? I picked up the 6991 black decal kit and assembled it but I don't know what color it should be. It looks white from the photo I have found but it

This is the only color shot I have that shows the end of a Y/G wood sheathed car and it looks green to me. I have good shots of steel end Y/G cars and their ends are