Richard Hendrickson wrote: Richard is certainly right that produce cars and meat cars were not interchangeable, as they were differently equipped and there were cleaning issues with meat cars

I will add that the Clover House dry transfers of chalk markings were all copied from photos in my collection, so they are absolutely authentic. Richard Hendrickson

A photo of ARL 3891, an Arnold Patent car built ca. 1890 an assigned to the Kansas City Dressed Beef Line, is on p. 20 of the billboard reefer book. The best source for the details on the breakup

Larry, 61916 is almost certainly a misprint or recording error, as the ORERs show no GARX car with that number in 1947. I have a hunch that car was actually 67916, a 40' wood sheathed reefer. In

Jeff Aley notes that he attended 10 clinics at Cocoa Beach. Ten!? I attended 3 in addition to giving 2. How did Jeff manage to see 10? Sounds like he had more free time than I thought. Hmmm. Speaking

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Having bought one of the 1950-built cars, I can testify that it's a really nice product. The prototype was Magor-built if I recall, thus the need for all the "mixed"

I will enquire. While I will take some credit for pulling the model guys back from the brink and making them rework the lettering for another dozen attempts to get it right, somehow the color itself

Prototype Rails 2010 was a great place to enjoy frozen orange juice - straight from the tree! Weather aside, I think PR'2010 went pretty well. There were a few hiccups, most notably that the

Gary Roe wrote: Both PFE and FGE tried this conversion (there are photos in the PFE book), and I think others such as MDT tried it out also, but AFAIK everyone determined that the small, older

The March 28, 1955 issue of Railway Age has an article in it about a new development by the Waukesha Motor Company. Basically, it is a retro fit for an ice-bunker reefer to turn it into a mechanical

Tony Thompson writes: I have reviewed my contract with the Weather Bureau and find that they asked for my place of birth. It turns out that they use that place to direct the weather to. And, as it

http://www.trainweb.org/jssand/Foreign/Erie/ErieExpBx.htm ______________ J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027 Mulholland Drive, Meadows Place, TX 77477,

I note from the Weather Service that it'll be 75 degrees this weekend in Cocoa. Did you book the weather for the wrong weekend, Mike? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

All the waycars (cabooses) were listed as such in one all-inclusive number series block which included the conversions. Charlie Vlk Were those 14800-14890 cars listed simplay as "Caboose" in the

I finally got thawed out enough to edit and post my photos from this years fine Prototype Rails RPM Meet in Cocoa Beach, FL. Thanks to Mike Brock and his crew for a fine time, abet a little

There is an auction on eBay right now that might be of interest to some list members -- 20 HO scale steam era freight car *kits*, all high quality items from the looks of them. Some resin. The

--- In STMFC@..., "David C. Wilson" <davidchriswilson@...> asked Go to the fallen flags web site, go to the E-L section, then freight cars, then box cars. Cars are desigated BM6600 &

Yesterday, to keep everything straight, I went to Harbor Freight and got one of those 40 bin organizers (sku 94375). They hang on the wall. I spent some time labeling and now I have a truck

Charlie Vlk wrote: Were those 14800-14890 cars listed simplay as "Caboose" in the ORER, or some variation of "Caboose, (Box Car)?" ____ Mark Mathu Whitefish Bay, Wis.

When the rising ocean levels flood the freight car tracks of Florida, will I then be reminded that we are not facing global warming, but rather global cooling? -Andy Carlson, still picking roses in