I'll add that zooming in on the Athearn artwork shows "New 6-40" for the reweigh on all of the schemes offered <G>. Of course, that may or may not reflect the actual product that they will

As I recall, the message read: "Turkey trots to water. Where is Task Force 34? The whole world wonders". Nimitz was simply asking about the status of Task Force 34 which had been planned to be

BTW, you can zoom in on the model image a lot easier with the pdf link version that Andy supplied. It looks pretty sweet. http://www.athearn.com/Newsletter/041806/50_ice_reefer_041806.pdf Eric

Hi Garth, Athearn hasn't said anything about maps vs. "Ship and Travel" slogans, but the train slogans the announcement shows are all earlier types that are consistent with maps on the opposite side.

Andy Miller: [snip] "Where is the third fleet?", which was obviously a reference to the third group of Santa Fe 50' frozen food reefers scheduled to traverse Sherman Hill that November. Tom Madden

Folks: I am selling six CB&Q stockcars by Challenger. Three are SM-16's and three are SM-18's. The road numbers are different. All are in factory paint. I am asking $150 each, plus shipping.

Andy and friends, Nice car. The hatch platforms, reversed hatch covers mark this car as no later than the early 1950s. They don't show us the reverse side. Do you suppose it will be "Ship and Travel"

Keith, The question I have is which of the paint schemes offered by Athearn is correct for the Rr-30, or are all of them correct -- for the same time

For those who haven't seen it yet, this is from today's online "Athearn News": HO 50' Santa Fe Ice Reefer (Now THIS is the BIG NEWS of this group of announcements. We're glad that you got this far.

An interesting aside regarding this discussion. I finally got the Athearn news announcement this morning (Thursday) at 1:15 and can now see what everyone's been talking about. (I never saw a link in

If one were to have a frozen food warehouse as an on-line industry, the probability of seeing these cars goes up. BTW "The World Wonders" was not part of Nimitz's message it was the "pad", a random

Schuyler, Well, there was the Great Western (of England) with 7' gauge. No wonder they called it "God's own railway." Kind regards, Garth G. Groff Schuyler Larrabee wrote:

Mike Brock wrote: SFRD Rr-30 Reefer #37328 was loaded with Bananas northbound on the SOU between Monroe VA and Pot Yard on September 27th, 1946, but, alas, #37328 was not equipped with a Preco Floor

Dear Group, Are any of the following suitable for an Illinois Central prototype? Tichy war emergency composite mill gondola (undecorated is part no 293-4041) Intermountain USRA Composite Drop Bottom

Mike, Actually, there were 598 Hippos built and sadly enough, only 1 left. In the end, the Big Boys won out as there are at least 4 or 5 left. It seems that it took an awfully long time for

Lou, If you have a wood sided version it is accurate. However if it is a steel sided rebuild you can do as LL told me and fill in all of the lines with putty and then it will be accurate too.

Athearn has heard "How many F-units do we need, anyway?" and "How many PS-2s do we need, anyway?" but at least they won't have to hear "How many Santa Fe 50' ice reefers do we need..." Scott Pitzer

Does anyone have any roster information on a group of Chicago & Northwestern 10'6" hi 40-foot boxcars with welded sides and dreadnaught ends? I know C&NW had thousands and thousands of PS-1's, but a

According to Appendix F of the Santa Fe Railway Rolling Stock Reference Series - Volume 2, Refrigerator Cars, Ice Bunker Cars 1884-1979 there were 12,986 SFRD Reefers of all types in 1960. Based on

Gary Green writes: "But what about a solid reefer block, say, in the early 1960s?" and follows it with: Clever fellow...that Gary. And quick. He could probably help Jeff Aley with clinics during