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B.C. Sugar Refining Co Ltd 101

I have acquired a print of this interesting car, taken in 1960. My 1953 ORER does not list this car owner (a large factory in Vancouver, B.C.) Looking at a small patch of black paint stenciled over

By Rob Kirkham <rdkirkham@...> · #38963 ·

Re: Sunshine gons

--- In STMFC@..., "Thomas M. Olsen" <tmolsen@U...> wrote: The roads offered are: NYC; C&O (4 versions in two number series); Clinchfield (CC&O); ACL (3 versions including 2 classes

By ed_mines · #38962 ·

NP reefers

Is there a good reference document for the NP reefer fleet? I checked their "Mainstreeter" list and apparently there has not been on issued dedicated to these cars yet like the excellent CB&Q

By Bill McCoy <bugsy451@...> · #38961 ·

[Fwd: Re: PRR Stock Cars - Final Dates in Revenue Service]

Ben & List, There is an asterisk after the car number 648326 in the K7 Class entry for January 1953, Effective October 31, 1952. This should have been deleted as it has no meaning - was carried

By Thomas M. Olsen <tmolsen@...> · #38960 ·

Re: PRR Stock Cars - Final Dates in Revenue Service

Ben, Here are a few more listings for the "K" series Stock Cars from the ORER's that I have: October 1944, Effective Date: July 31, 1944: K7 - Series 648314 - 648338. 25 cars. Stock, Single

By Thomas M. Olsen <tmolsen@...> · #38959 ·

Re: Sunshine gons

Ed, The first of the "Quick-Kit" one-piece sides and ends were the PRR GS and GSH gondolas. The 40 ft. gondola kits that were offered at Naperville were all "Quick-Kit" format cars. The only

By Thomas M. Olsen <tmolsen@...> · #38958 ·

Re: Operating Doors On BLI Express Reefers

Jon- Thanks, I talked to the boss and he says they shouldn't, so the catalog is wrong. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. The factory drawings that I use for generating the artwork do not show

By Charlie Vlk · #38957 ·

Re: Birmingham Southern boxcars

wrote: this? Whew, thought it was just me..... That the end cornered we're used cornered ends You are right. Agreed that this would make the panels look longer on the outboard ends, but check

By Garrett W. Rea <Garrett.Rea@...> · #38956 ·

USS roads, Jacks decals, and Elden's "small road" questions

wrote: some some interested, I have some of Jack's decals here at the house, nice and some prototype placement and info come with the sheets. Yes, the URR cars are odd as Elden, Jack and I even

By Garrett W. Rea <Garrett.Rea@...> · #38955 ·

Re: Operating Doors On BLI Express Reefers

Charlie, I made the original comment. The site doesn't say anything about "Operating Doors" in the details of this car. Where it does say the car has "Operating Doors" is in the colorful

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #38954 ·

Re: Conoco Tank Cars

Shawn Beckert writes: I have a 1962 photo of CONX 3690, which was an 8K gal. radial course GATC car of the type modeled by Overland. As was typical of Continental and other tank car owner/operators,

By Richard Hendrickson · #38953 ·

Re: Walthers Express Reefer = PFE?

Dick Harley points out: When the PFE cars were I hope I was clear that I was referring to the cars prior to the '54 rebuild...although it is interesting to know the board difference on the rebuilt

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #38952 ·

Conoco Tank Cars

Fellow Listers, It's probably safe to say that Continental Oil Company (Conoco) owned 8k ACF Type-21 tank cars, since P2K did several runs of these with 3100 series numbers. Do we know if Conoco also

By Shawn Beckert · #38951 ·

Re: Operating Doors On BLI Express Reefers

Charlie, You're kidding right?? I point out PAGE 64 of your OWN advertising brochure - "Operating Doors" Regards Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

By smithbf@... · #38950 ·

Re: Operating Doors On BLI Express Reefers

Charlie Vlk:: [Snip] Nostalgia. The desire to smell ozone, and hear the loud BZZZZZzztt when the little man rockets out of the car with the milk cans... Tom Madden

By pullmanboss <tgmadden@...> · #38949 ·

Operating Doors On BLI Express Reefers

Just in case anyone failed to notice, as I did at first, the "not" in the recent posts reporting that "the list of features does not inluding operating doors" on the BLI Express Reefers, here is

By Charlie Vlk · #38948 ·

Re: SP&S AFC Gondolas

Thanks so much! Steve Jim and Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...> wrote:The "V mm yy" indicates the date the car was reweighed at Vancouver. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon Yahoo! Groups

By fuchst900 · #38947 ·

Re: NWP Stock cars was T&NO (ex SA&AP) stock cars

Thanks to all. When (I think it was Ted) saw those cars behind the flat I was wondering about the genesis. How long did they stay in the NWP markings? I used to work in an ex-NWP freight depot in

By Bob Webber <zephyr1@...> · #38945 ·

Re: NWP Stock cars was T&NO (ex SA&AP) stock cars

Bob Webber wrote: Until scrapped. Survival tables are in the books. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #38946 ·

Re: Walthers Express Reefer = PFE?

make the PFE version. << One thing not mentioned by Mike is the board width on the Walthers model. When originally built, the PFE express cars had "passenger car" wood siding, which has a width of

By Dick Harley <Dick.Harley@...> · #38944 ·

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