Paul Koehler wrote: "You are picking nits, the question was could they be used, and the answer is still yes no matter how few there were in PFE service." The logic displayed here reminds me of this

Thank you Tim for the explanation. -- Gene Deimling El Dorado Hills, CA

Group Matches were shipped as back haul. Frank Grimm Sandwich, IL

Tony: You are picking nits, the question wascould they be used, and the answer is still yes no matter how few there were inPFE service. Paul C. Koehler

Bill Welch wrote: Never. The PFE people I interviewed said an ice reefer was damp all its life. That's one reason there was no point in opening ice hatches "to dry out the car." The PFE people

How long would it take to dry out a reefer? Seems like a poor environment to ship anything that could absorb moisture. Bill Welch

Paul Koehler wrote: True, but PFE had around 100 meat cars in a fleet of around 40,000 cars at the time I model. I would call this a rare usage. I understood the original question to be about

Maynard: How bout a PFE? Paul C. Koehler

I don't think the PFM refer would even hold a Reader's Digest :) Maynard Stowe On Friday, January 19, 2018 5:45 PM, "'Paul Koehler' koehlers@... [STMFC]" wrote:

Tony: In the Transcon WB tariff there was aprovision for the use of three ice bunker reefers in lue of one boxcar. R.H. Donnelly big time printer of periodicals in the Chicago area used reefers

Pat Wade wrote: True, but not in meat reefers. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bob Chaparro wrote: Anything that would fit. But a reefer was smaller than a box car, restricting some loads. Remember that a packer-owned meat car was under the direction of the owner and

Gene, some people email improperly formatted HTMLdocuments and so all this "metadata" gets displayed in your email reader because it doesn't recognize thatit's part of the message description, rather

I used Tru Color for almost all of my projects this last year. Things that have worked for me. Use the Tru Color brand thinner, I thin maybe 20-25%, I clean up with laquer thinner. Use several drops

Being a hobbyist, not a pro, TC is the finest paint I've ever used. Very forgiving paint if you spray too thick. It always dries up smooth and shows all details perfectly. Most reds I thin like

You probably read that on my Citrus Modeling site but those were produce (Type RS) reefers. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

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My experience has been hit and miss with Tru Color. I've had issues with it adhering to clean styrene/ABS shells. It certainly won't adhere to Scalecoat 2 paint where I used it to match the decals I

I have read that empty west bound reeders were used to haul magazines from Chicago to LA. Think Saturday Evening Post. Pat Wade Santa Barbara, CA

Bob most meat reefers were leased, and thus in dedicated service. Meat packers wanted their reefers back as quickly as possible, so no back hauls. Some meat reefers were in short term lease, esp those