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Re: New Index effort

Agreed, there are a handful of articles about 'reffers' listed in the index now. I spotted them when looking for articles by Richard Hendrickson. As far as I can tell, there's no easy way to correct

By Randy Hammill · #96284 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

Bill, Will the trucks under this car be available separately? And if so, how will you market them? Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

By brianleppert@att.net · #96285 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

Bill, you could not have pleased me more by including the Tobin scheme. Tobin was an Albany, NY packer who expanded into Iowa, eventually selling out to Morrell and .....(help me, Doug!).

By dennyanspach <danspach@...> · #96283 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

I can answer that! You bet you will be able to see them before ordering. That's why Bill didn't announce an order deadline yet. The way we work at Rapido is we usually announce an order deadline,

By Jason Shron · #96282 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

And URTX 63216, also on page 113 of the "Refrigerator Car Color Guide" but still with its original sidesill reinforcement below the door. I too want later repaints more than I do a 1940 version,

By mopacfirst · #96281 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

MRX 5649 is a 40' 11" OL car Rich Orr

By SUVCWORR@... · #96280 ·

Re: Saving Periodicals (freight car content, "of course")

Denny, My public library has a periodical give away bin. Patrons can bring in their old magazines and place them in the bin. I take old magazines there regularly including train periodicals. When I

By Jared Harper · #96279 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

Dave, yes, the Kingan is good -- I wasn't sure about it because of the reinforced sill. And you're right, the MRX/Morrell is a 40' car. Rats. Tim O'

By Tim O'Connor · #96278 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor wrote: Bill, for those of us who model only AFTER 1954, do you think Rapido will be doing any repaints or at least post-1954 versions of these reefers? I

By David Sieber · #96277 ·

Re: Crystal Car Line

On Jan 19, 2011, at 5:09 PM, Richard Hendrickson wrote: Sorry, folks, I meant to send this off-list. > On Jan 19, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Anthony Thompson wrote: > >> Richard Hendrickson wrote: >>> Bill,

By Richard Hendrickson · #96276 ·

Re: Crystal Car Line

Here's the photo. Richard ----------

By Richard Hendrickson · #96275 ·

Re: Crystal Car Line

I think that's probably correct, but I have no direct evidence. I have several shots of CCLX cars in Corn Products corn oil service dating from the '40s, '50s, and '60s, and all are either

By Richard Hendrickson · #96274 ·

Re: Crystal Car Line

Richard From an old email I gather these red CCLX tank cars were extremely rare or non-existent by the mid 1950's (i.e. had been repainted by that time period)? Is that right? All of the CCLX shots

By Tim O'Connor · #96273 ·

Re: Crystal Car Line

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Richard, am I right to conclude that you are confirming the accuracy of the Athearn metal tank car paint? I have one of those old Athearn Crystal Car Line red cars

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #96272 ·

Re: Crystal Car Line

Bill, I'm sending you off-list a B/W photo of a red CCLX type 30 tank car. The photo is B/W but clearly shows the black underframe and bottom sheet and the red upper tank, dome, and ends. It's a

By Richard Hendrickson · #96271 ·

Crystal Car Line

I am painting a Sunshine GATX 8k Type 30 for the Crystal Car Line. The data sheet has one photo that is dark and I cannot see any delineation between red and black although the data sheet describes

By william darnaby · #96270 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

Tim, The Hygrade’s, Oscar Mayer, Swift and Kingan were made just for you. I expect an order for a four pack each... ;>) Bill Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 5:31 PM To:

By Bill Schneider · #96269 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

Bill, for those of us who model only AFTER 1954, do you think Rapido will be doing any repaints or at least post-1954 versions of these reefers? I know it can be quite difficult to find photos other

By Tim O'Connor · #96268 ·

Re: New Index effort

Denny, this looks like it could develop into an excellent resource, but it also may need some strong auditing to ensure consistent quality and terminology*. I looked at just two issues of Mainline

By Tim O'Connor · #96267 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

The only problem that I have with the GARX wood reefer is when I went out to shovel snow, I started thinking about the cars and started drooling -- ice cycles formed. I came in, thawed out and then

By James Babcock · #96266 ·

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