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Re: AAR Standard twin offset side hopper with oval ends? (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Yeah, and Montour had some oddballs, also. They almost looked like hybrids of both. Elden Gatwood

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #96293 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

Jason, We trust you. And thanks for the explanation. Gene Green

By Gene <bierglaeser@...> · #96292 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

and selling their Ft. Dodge plant to HORMEL! Should have paid more attention in the ProtoRails Hormel clinic. John Greedy

By sctry · #96291 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

Jason, Thanks for the good news. I believe the painting won't be a problem, though I'll caution you about the coverage problems of yellows and hope you can make it both opaque and thin. Casting in

By spsalso · #96290 ·

Re: AAR Standard twin offset side hopper with oval ends?

Got a picture of the model? The C&O had some "odd-ball" offset-side twin bay hopper cars. I did a PPT on just those variants up thru WW2 and their 1950s rebuilds for a C&OHS conference some time

By water.kresse@... · #96289 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

Yes, eventually, and I’m not sure yet. We have already had several requests for the truck Brian, but have not yet set pricing or item numbers for them. I’ll post something here when we get that

By Bill Schneider · #96288 ·

Re: Rapido reefer

It was your insistence .... err... suggestion at Cocoa that made me do it Denny! Glad you noticed. Bill Schneider Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:00 PM To: STMFC@... Subject:

By Bill Schneider · #96287 ·

Re: AAR Standard twin offset side hopper with oval ends?

AT, I recall that Clinchfield had a series of Alt Std cars with oval heap shields that resembled the AAR standard car with angled side braces--but they were still not standard cars. The top corner

By golden1014 · #96286 ·

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 ·

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