-- If something is yet to happen in the future, how can it interest historians? :-) -- Mediums? Prophets? Futurists, perhaps? Dennis People are interested in the future. Historians are

If something is yet to happen in the future, how can it interest historians? :-) Mediums? Prophets? Futurists, perhaps? Dennis

To make it even more fun, the CB&Q/C&S/FW&D applied the same classification to 16,000 box cars built from 1945 to the late 1950's, class XM-32. All of the cars were 40'6" IL and 10'6" IH with 6' doors

Tim O'Connor wrote: I would have said, "ice was still an option." PFE officially ended the "ice age" for refrigeration on all its lines on September 2, 1973, but top icing was still available

In 1954 NP bought 50 mech reefers mostly for frozen food service, and in 1956 MILW (URTX) bought 40 cars from PC&F. Both groups had electric heaters and could maintain -10 to 60 degree temperatures in

I will doing a clinic on the "FGE/WFE/BRE Mechanicals: 1948-1957" at Cocoa Beach in January. FGE conducted trial w/9 systems beginning in 1948 to see which system could keep a load at 0 degrees and

Evan Leisey wrote: The biggest factor keeping ice refrigeration in service was that ice provided a huge capacity to absorb heat in a fairly rapid fashion. That meant that produce could be

To add to Tony's question, Did they ship only carload lots to wholesalers or did they ship lcl to retailers as well? Rich Orr

I'm doing a lot of research on CB&Q freight cars and I've come into a roadblock of sorts. I've noticed that the CB&Q designates car series with a car class. The tough part is that, unlike the Pennsy,

Evan Leisey 4 wrote: There were a variety of experimental mechanical reefers built as early as the 1920s, but none were successful on any scale until after WW II. The usual explanation is the

Al Kresse wrote: They had to. It wasn't until 1972 that the ICC released railroads from the responsibility to provide icing if needed. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

Does anyone know where there is information on USRA hoppers that is posted online? I have lists for the USRA mill gons, USRA composite drop bottom gons, USRA double sheathed box cars, and USRA

Thye wooden roof would be appropriate for a car in their original condition - the metal roofs were added from about the mid thirties. HTH Aidrian

--- In STMFC@..., Denny Anspach <danspach@...> wrote: I built this kit many years ago, and thoroughly enjoyed doing so. It is a still a personal favorite; Me too. There was more than

PFE's first mechanical reefers were class R-70-7 (1953). See Thompson et al., "PFE", 1st ed., chapter 9. I don't know about other companies. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I built this kit many years ago, and thoroughly enjoyed doing so. It is a still a personal favorite; and as a model it has garnered unsolicited praise by some pretty tough critics, particularly as

I believe they were still discussing moisture concerns with meat with mechanical refrig in the early 1950s . . . until they realized they could start with a goodly amount of artificial moisture and

Would the shipments have been exclusively in Santa Fe cars or any available car? Where did the shipments go? Did an entire car load go to one consignee? Gene Green

If within the discussion period of this list, when did mechanical reefers enter service? Assume since passenger cars began using mechanical air conditioning in the late 30's that reefers would have

Bob Chaparro wrote: To what extent, and in what seasons, might the stock have been shipped in express reefers vs. standard refrigerators? Was the stock shipped under standard refrigeration