And one as an attachment Fred Jansz

Here's a better picture of the end. (Thank you Frank Brehm) Fred

Here's the diagram of the Hutchins end with the grab-ladder strip. Why not straight down over the tops of the ribs? (see RJ's post picture) Fred Jansz

Look at the picture carefulley please: - first rib -from top- you'd ecpect the strap to stick out, since there's ample space for the brakeman's hands. However, it does not. - then the open space

On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 02:05 PM, Richard Wilkens wrote: In August 1956 photographer Dallas Gilbertson found aluminum refrigerator car PFE 45698 at Antelope, CA. Tom Dill Collection, Pacific Northwest

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone A great shot of ths unique car. It apparently has been is service for a while judging from the removal of the stripes in the reporting marks. The top

Thanks Richard! I modeled this car from an InterMountain PFE reefer and had the results published in RMC. Ah the memories! Jerry Michels

During the period of USRA control of the railroads would the SP order paint from a paint manufacture or mix their own from pigments, oils, clays and other ingredients using their inhouse

Richard, Thanks for sharing this rare shot of one of the two PFE aluminum cars in actual service. At the Corona Model Railroad Society’s 1949 railroad I placed this car in our long line of PFE

CB&Q used steel strap on Murphy and Dreadnaught panel ends where the step would be mounted between corrugations. Sometimes is was a short strap for one grab iron, sometimes it was two straps for 2-3

On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 03:14 PM, radiodial868 wrote: Any ideas why the vertical straps were installed in the first place? They appear to support the RH (inboard) end of the grabs, but why? To keep all

I posted a discription of how I attemped to straighten the warped 3D printed underframe on another thread about this model. I also posted unpainted photos of the pilot model I built before the kit

R.J. Dial wrote: Certainly true about suppliers, and SP employees have told me that car builders got a list of acceptable paint suppliers, and if the color was from one of those companies, and

There was an article somewhere in the past about a modeler (narrow gauge, IIRC) who's solution to this dilemma was to model everything as it appeared in photos- he modeled in B&W.

In August 1956 photographer Dallas Gilbertson found aluminum refrigerator car PFE 45698 at Antelope, CA. Tom Dill Collection, Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive. Richard Wilkens Director of

In 1923 Mt Vernon built 100 automobile boxcars for the Western Pacific. I've never seen a grab iron support like this before on any car. Evidence indicate the setup lasted into the 1940's at

Ha! It seems that paint color is a politics level type discussion based upon the offline responses I got. Thanks to everyone who did contact me, plus the online responses here. I really found the one

Sorry to hear of his passing. I loved his sensible and direct layout plans, and always enjoyed the artwork he did to accompany the articles. Tony Thompson tony@...

Fat Fingers, My Bad, May Iain Rest in Peace Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

May he Rest in Peach, enjoyed his Model Railroad expertise. fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...