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Carbody Window Screens

Does anyone have a favorite product to recommend for HO scale window screens as found on cabooses, camp cars, etc.? What I'm looking for is a fine mesh, but not so fine as to totally hide the

By chapbob@... · #77496 ·

Re: WWII 50 foot Steel Box

You forgot the Proto 2000 single and double door 50 footers, which are both circa 1940 designs. And Ribside cars now has a 50 foot Milwaukee Road box car, although I'm not sure if it is prewar or

By Tim O'Connor · #77471 ·

Re: Cudahy meat reefers

the four hinges per door was marketed as a URECO product in the twenties and highlighted in a Railway Age ad for URECO as being used on the recent rebuilding of the older MDT cars for

By Roger Hinman <rhinman@...> · #77470 ·

Re: Seaboard Air Line IMWX boxcar

Mark, You can always visit here in Vermont; we measure snoww in feet. That's why I call this my building season. Only 28 resin kits to go on the bench! Fred Freitas Benninton,

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #77469 ·

Re: Seaboard Air Line IMWX boxcar

Allen, The answer to your question, as well as the original question about doors on SAL 19797, is found in the STMFC web site roster of 1937 AAR box cars. In the interest of promoting more accurate

By Ed Hawkins · #77468 ·

WWII 50 foot Steel Box

I'm reviewing my WWII era freight car fleet analysis, and find that there is a significant gap in 50 foot steel box cars in HO for that period. The '43 ORER shows around 31,000 steel 50 footers, and

By devansprr · #77467 ·

Re: The Atlas model of Cudahy meat reefers

Steve... As a point of clarification, the proper title of the book you reference is Cyclopedia, not Encyclopedia. Perhaps other nit pickers on this list can provide a better definition, but it is

By Rhbale@... · #77488 ·

Re: Cudahy meat reefers

Thanks for both of your very helpful responses Doug, and to Richard and Dennis as well. Looks like I have another book to purchase....after still another bookcase is purchased! While not surprised

By Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...> · #77466 ·

Re: Seaboard Air Line IMWX boxcar

Ed, In addition to the Series 19700-19799, what were the other car numbers in the series which included the 300 B-9 car built in 1945 which had black car cement applied to the roofs? Thanks,

By Allen Cain <allencain@...> · #77465 ·

Re: Seaboard Air Line IMWX boxcar

OOPS I meant 2" of the white stuff. Mark

By Mark · #77464 ·

Re: Seaboard Air Line IMWX boxcar

Thank You very much Mr. Hawkins. I had 5 kits to build and this one stumped me as no pictures could be found on the internet. The list had the SAL, an Erie 40 PS Inter., Erie 50' fur. LL, MP 40' RC

By Mark · #77463 ·

Re: Cudahy meat reefers

Yes. Richard Hendrickson

By Richard Hendrickson · #77462 ·

Re: Cudahy meat reefers

in the Correct, although photos of the NRC cars with the Patrick Cudahy banner herald have been published elsewhere. Note that this was used before the company name was officially changed from Cudahy

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #77461 ·

Re: Seaboard Air Line IMWX boxcar

Mark, Series 19700-19799 had Superior doors. All 300 B-9 cars when built in 1945 had black car cement applied to the roofs. This per Pullman-Standard bill of materials data. Regards, Ed Hawkins

By Ed Hawkins · #77460 ·

CRLX Company History -- Cudahy Packing Co., WRT Omaha, Chicago, and East Chicago.

I'm reposting this until a new thread title so if anyone wants to ask more questions we all know which company the discussion is supposed to be about. Dave Nelson =============== Ok, so we have the

By Dave Nelson · #77459 ·

Seaboard Air Line IMWX boxcar

I have a IMWX boxcar 40' SAL kit. Car number 19797 class B-9. What door would this car and did they had black roof? Thanks Mark

By Mark · #77458 ·

Re: Cudahy meat reefers

Ok, what I think I know based on the posts. Cudahy Reefers with CRLX reporting marks were owned by the Cudahy Packing company of East Chicago (In 1957). The Sunshine kit 24.17 is for these

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #77457 ·

Computers in freight cars

By Schuyler Larrabee · #77456 ·

Re: The Atlas model of Cudahy meat reefers

Richard Hendrickson notes: "The day when every piece of information known to man can be googled may be coming, but it ain't here yet." Maybe not but it probably won't be too long before it is. The

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #77455 ·

Re: The Atlas model of Cudahy meat reefers

I'm always surprised (though perhaps I shouldn't be, by now) when a lot of speculation and mis-information is posted on a subject which is well documented. The responses to Don's query are a

By Richard Hendrickson · #77453 ·

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