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,

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,

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

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

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'

--- 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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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

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

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

Thanks Ed. I was only going by the Youngstown doors shown on the web page. If I'd looked into my kit box (#1609) I would have seen the correct Superior doors. Tim O'Connor

Bill, Are we going to get a chance to see the final tooling results before we have to place our orders? Ed Edward Sutorik

Hi Everyone Barring a white-out blizzard, on February 7, 8, and 9, 2011, four pieces of railroad equipment will be moved from various places around Laramie, Wyoming, to Railroad Heritage Park located