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REMINDER: Western Prototype Modelers Meet (WPM) This Saturday

THIS SATURDAY WPM in La Habra, California Western Prototype Modelers Meet (WPM) 17th Annual Meet, Saturday October 7, 2006 The west coast's largest gathering for prototype modelers, now

By dh30973 <76523.1060@...> · #56856 ·

Re: Disappointed

to know if the meat was canned, cut-packaged-frozen, or hanging from a homemade device or all the above and how it was handled. Yet no one knows how to attach Tichy part 20 to the brake cylinder.

By John Huey <mancosbob@...> · #56855 ·

Re: Hopper ribs

David, Thanks for input, that's what I thought I was seeing. Marty McGuirk

By mjmcguirk@... · #56854 ·

Disappointed

I'm amazed that we have x-ray vision to see into those old reefers to know if the meat was canned, cut-packaged-frozen, or hanging from a homemade device or all the above and how it was handled. Yet

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #56853 ·

Re: Hopper ribs

Now that the Photo secton works, never mind. They're just regular hat-section ribs welded onto the side sheets. David Thompson

By James D Thompson <jaydeet@...> · #56852 ·

Re: New Books -"The Postwar Freight Car Fleet"

I spoke with the gals at Chattanooga early last week to see whether or not the new book by Larry Kline and Ted Culotta was in, because I had ordered one a month ago and needed to order a second for a

By Thomas M. Olsen <tmolsen@...> · #56851 ·

Re: fAIRFAX SFRD CARS

ATSF had no meat reefers (I suppose meaning hanging meat reefers) and this is the first documentation I have seen or ATSF reefers being used in meat service. I suppose this is cut meat being sent LCL,

By Dennis Storzek <dstorzek@...> · #56849 ·

Re: fAIRFAX SFRD CARS

This interests me a great deal. Everything I have ever read says the ATSF had no meat reefers (I suppose meaning hanging meat reefers) and this is the first documentation I have seen or ATSF reefers

By Steve Sandifer <jssand@...> · #56848 ·

Re: fAIRFAX SFRD CARS

It was my understanding that Santa Fe's SFRM cars were meat reefers with racks for hanging meat. They may be outside the time period of the group, but I have a photo of one car taken in 1962. I

By tchenoweth@... · #56850 ·

Re: Red Caboose 42' Flat Cars - W&LE Decals-Which Roads are Accurate?

this They were it right maybe Brian - David Vaughn, 13732 Lakeside Drive, Clarksville, Maryland 21029. A.T. Kott, P.E.

By proto48er · #56846 ·

Re: Shipping Designations for Meat - was PFE Reefers in MN

Russ, this is also some very good information that I am sure many people on this list would find interesting. Let me see if I can add some things here that may help to sort out some of the

By Jerry <jrs060@...> · #56847 ·

Re: Shipping Designations for Meat - was PFE Reefers in MN

Jim, the list Clark cited is from a Fairfax MN (MSTL) Seal Book 1947 - 48, a record kept by the local agent showing every car for which he affixed a car seal. Fairfax is west of the Twin Cities

By Douglas Harding · #56845 ·

Re: Red Caboose 42' Flat Cars - W&LE Decals-Which Roads are Accurate?

David Vaughn has HO decals available for the W&LE. I looked at them this weekend, but didn't have any W&LE pictures to compare them with. They were at home. I thought I grabbed a business card, but

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #56844 ·

Re: Shipping Designations for Meat - was PFE Reefers in MN

Clark, Very good information. I can recall keeping a seal book although it was seldom used. The bigger shippers got seals from the Railroads and kept their own records. Only time the book was used

By Russ Strodtz <sheridan@...> · #56842 ·

NKP Composite Hoppers

Last week a discussion of slope sheet material on composite hoppers came up. NKP Series 30750-31749 composite hoppers were specifically mentioned. I just got back from the joint AMC Convention

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #56843 ·

Re: Enterprise GS Drop-Bottoms

There were almost 2000 cars using Enterprise design features used by the parent companies that eventually became Canadian National Railways. Most of these were originally of wood composite

By Rich C <richchrysler@...> · #56841 ·

NP reefers at fairfax

NP 90168 5/5/48 99 beer RS 43'1 steel frame refer Fullerton Bottling NP 90168 5/5/48 yard beer mty rs refer Fullerton Bottling NP 90454 10/9/47 99 beer RS 43'1 refer Fullerton Bottling NP

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #56838 ·

Even some WRX cars at Fairfax

WRX 9124 2/5/48 99 beer RS 40' refer Fullerton Bottling WRX 9124 2/5/48 yard beer mty rs refer Fullerton Bottling WRX 9205 7/25/47 73 meat RS 40' refer Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #56840 ·

WFE cars at Fairfax

Notice that some of the meat reefers were 'made empty' at Fairfax while others were resealed and forwarded. I'm not sure if these cars were even switched out of the train? I don't have a TT for this

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #56839 ·

URTX cars at Fairfax MN

URT 27216 2/4/48 73 mdse RS 40'11 refer URT 27288 5/29/47 72 meat sealed in and outbound RS 40'11 refer URT 50707 3/3/48 ? mdse RS 40'11 refer URT 5636 12/24/47 73 refer RS 41'1 meat URT

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #56837 ·

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