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Re: Steel reefers

On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Ted Culotta asked: Ted & all, I put together a chart of most of the dimensions for PFE Steel Ice reefers (I also did wood reefers) taken from the ORER's. It has been part of

By Dick Harley <Dick.Harley@...> · #649 ·

Re: IC & MDT steel reefers

Thanks Bill! Yes, I should have realized the reefer was leased TO the Illinois Central, and not to MDT. Duh.

By Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> · #648 ·

REA colos

Apparently REA changed their paint scheme in 1952, adding the diamond logo, at which time the name was taken down off the letterboard and put on the left of the door, maybe to help balance the scheme.

By John Nehrich <nehrij@...> · #647 ·

Re: Steel reefers

Not yet posted. But if you come up with anything, I'll be glad to add it. Since this is still in its preliminary, I'm concentrating on just listing all the kits, and trying to find basic information,

By John Nehrich <nehrij@...> · #645 ·

Re: IC & MDT steel reefers

Tim, Here's what I got... Blt by GATC 1937 Blt by GATC 1937 Blt by GATC 1942 converted in 1947 from 52000-55999 series which included wood cars built from 1916 to 1922 from Haskel & Barker, ACF,

By Bill Kelly · #646 ·

Re: IC & MDT steel reefers

I would love to pore over those photos of IC and MDT reefers! And a help would be for someone to identify build dates for these from the 1953 & 1959 ORER: IC 50000-50283 7' 3"IH IC 50284-50299 7'

By Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> · #644 ·

Re: Steel reefers

Thompson, Church and Jones "PFE" has almost everything you might want to know about these reefers. 2nd edition just came out.

By Nick Gray <nagray@...> · #643 ·

Re: Steel reefers

Ted, I'm not aware of any article or other resource that compiles this information, though you might want to see if John Nehrich has posted something on the Renssalaer RR web site. I have this

By Richard Hendrickson · #642 ·

Steel reefers

Does anyone know of a resource that points out the differences between the early steel reefers of the major refrigerator lines? What I am trying to determine is, using the PFE's R-40-10 through

By Ted Culotta <ted@...> · #641 ·

Re: And another GS gon is sighted!

DRGW 71000-71999- blt. 1943 Pressed Steel as War Emergency GS gons (not to an AAR standard). They had "Pressed Steel" ends, Duryea underframes, Royal Type F brake gear regulators and the brake wheels

By Ted Culotta <ted@...> · #640 ·

Re: SPAM posts

Warren: Your provider may have something to do with your lack of SPAM (though I doubt it). Maybe you just have good karma .... I get my e-mail through a server at the University of Virginia, and I

By Garth G. Groff <ggg9y@...> · #639 ·

Re: Gons

Not much of a surprise. The CP handed off coal to the Spokane International for movement into the states. Dave Nelson

By Dave & Libby Nelson <muskoka@...> · #638 ·

Gons

As I reported earlier...sometime during this century I believe...pg 99 of Northern Pacific Classic Steam Era shows a string of Canadian Pacific gons of some kind at Missoula, Montana in '40. There's

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #637 ·

Re: And another GS gon is sighted!

Richard wrote: "The lignite NP burned in its steam locos, for example, had the reputation of being barely flammable dirt." Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520 And Warren,

By ibs4421@... · #636 ·

More GS Gons

Speaking of GS gons in the Northwest, there is a shot of a C&S GS gon at Tacoma in '47 on pg 78 of Northern Pacific Supersteam Era. Anyone having this excellent book should take a look at pg 42 if you

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #635 ·

Re: And another GS gon is sighted!

Tim O'Connor wrote: To which Dave Nelson replied: Yes. I haven't had time to study the book in detail (It's organized in numerical order of the last three digits in the car numbers, so trying

By Richard Hendrickson · #634 ·

Re: And another GS gon is sighted!

A routine movement pre mid-50's, largely via a DRGW/WP/GN routing. Richard, what is the date of the Beiber interchange book you have? Any of these cars jump out at you? DGRW 40000-42500 DRGW

By Dave & Libby Nelson <muskoka@...> · #633 ·

And another GS gon is sighted!

Same book; this time a D&RGW GS gondola loaded with coal, on an NP [mixed] local in Centralia, Washington in the 1950's... (So, it would appear Utah coal travelled to Washington state.) Timothy

By Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> · #632 ·

Offline car sighting

FYI, in Warren Wing's Northwest Rail Pictorial (p. 121) is a 1943 photo showing an IC GS gondola (blt GATC 1940) #85121 on a Milwaukee Road local south of Seattle, loaded with lumber! So at least

By Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> · #631 ·

Prototype Modelers Seminar – East 2001 UPDATE

Prototype Modelers Seminar – East 2001 UPDATE 1:00 PM Friday, March 23 through 6:00 PM Saturday, March 24, 2001 Holiday Inn, Monroeville (Pittsburgh), PA, (Exit 6, PA Turnpike) This meet is a

By klinelarrydanajon@... · #630 ·

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