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Re: LNE 1923 box cars A question about the roofs of these cars

Did you ever find a roof for this car? I have an extra flat steel roof(PRR X 29 style) let me know if you need it Fenton On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 6:06 PM Schuyler Larrabee via groups.io

By O Fenton Wells · #175772 ·

Re: Aluminum body reefers

Tony, Correct me if I have this wrong --- like I know you will. I'm thinking PFE paid the railroads by the mile to handle their cars, not by the ton, so the only benefit of lighter aluminum

By Mont Switzer · #175771 ·

Re: IC green and yellow refrigerators

The car in McComb is the IC aluminum ice reefer. On 7/15/2020 1:55 PM, mopacfirst wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #175770 ·

Re: Aluminum body reefers

Ron Merrick wrote: Can't speak for other owners, but the two PFE cars were perfectly fine in service, with minimal corrosion problems -- as the retired PFE CMO told me, certainly no more

By Tony Thompson · #175769 ·

Re: Aluminum body reefers, was IC green and yellow refrigerators

Canadian National got five. Maybe I should dust off my "early aluminum freight cars" clinic. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

By Richard Townsend · #175768 ·

Re: Photo: Chicago & Alton Hopper Car 25101

Any idea what the G.G. initials represent after the Capacity 100000 line? I suspect Gross is one of the words. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #175767 ·

Aluminum body reefers, was IC green and yellow refrigerators

I didn't know about the FGE one. In addition to the IC one, there were two built for SFRD and two built for PFE. Both of those builds were covered in detail, one in the Santa Fe ice reefer book and

By mopacfirst · #175766 ·

Photo: Chicago & Alton Hopper Car 25101

Pressed Steel Car "straight sill" hopper, from series 25010-25159, built in 1900. PSC built over 7,000 of these between 1900-1904. This photo is far and away the most detailed image I've ever seen

By David · #175765 ·

Re: IC green and yellow refrigerators

Fruit Growers Express also built an aluminum reefer in 1946—FGEX 40000—and exhibited it widely within its territory before being putting into service. It rode on Roller Bearing Andrews trucks. It

By Bill Welch · #175764 ·

Re: IC green and yellow refrigerators

Ron, IC 5100 is on display at McComb MS. It was the only car built and the only one in the natural aluminum finish. It was built in 1946. Jeff White Alma, IL

By Jeffrey White · #175763 ·

Re: IC green and yellow refrigerators

I can't say whether it is or isn't, but everything I see in the photos is consistent with the original aluminum IC 51000. The extended sill, the extended tabs at the bolsters, the locations of the

By Richard Townsend · #175762 ·

Re: IC green and yellow refrigerators

Replying to my own post --- On second thought, maybe the aluminum is not painted. I'm looking at the black rivets in the sidesills. RG7

By mopacfirst · #175761 ·

Re: IC green and yellow refrigerators

For comparison to the photos that someone else may have of this car when it was new ---- This car has certainly been painted, including some graffiti removal efforts. The black hardware may also be a

By mopacfirst · #175760 ·

Re: IC green and yellow refrigerators

Ron Merrick wrote: The real 51000 was an aluminum car. Could this possibly, actually, be that car? Tony Thompson tony@...

By Tony Thompson · #175759 ·

Re: IC green and yellow refrigerators

I do have two photos of the McComb car, had to bracket the car because of the closeness to the track. I agree they're useless for paint, but perhaps interesting for detail. This car has extended

By mopacfirst · #175758 ·

Re: EJ&E diagonal plate loader

Sorry guys, not enough coffee here. I totally misunderstood Elden's inquiry. Now I know what he was looking at. I zoomed in on the photo. Great looking modeling subject, Mike. I was correct about the

By Rich C · #175757 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] EJ&E diagonal plate loader

Mike; Thanks for those fabulous photos! I have been fascinated with diagonal plate loaders ever since my early research on the PRR’s F25B,C,D&E sub-classes, and the late G36 cars. I had

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #175756 ·

Re: EJ&E diagonal plate loader

Attached two views of a similar/same car. I pulled these off the net long ago and do not recall the source. Definitely interesting cars! Mike Aufderheide

By Mike Aufderheide · #175755 ·

Re: IC green and yellow refrigerators

Google Maps is a help. Search for McComb MS. Over to the right, click on McComb Railroad Museum. Click on the museum photo at upper left to get a street view at the museum. Now you can "walk" down the

By pennsylvania1954 · #175754 ·

Document: Rules For Loading Long Materials

Document: Rules For Loading Long Materials A 1908 PRR document archived by the PRR Railfan

By Bob Chaparro · #175753 ·

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