PFE reefers of the same tonnage rating have various underframes. A Bettendorf underframe has a single tall I-beam while the "builtup" underframes had shorter twin beams. I think R-30-13's originally

While Dick is technically correct - the AAR used the term - I don'tuse it myself. I prefer "lateral" and I prefer"centerline" or "lengthwise" instead of "longitudinal". Obviously freight cars

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I don't think so. The car in the photo has neither the Mather patent roof nor the round rod stock sill steps that Mather tended to use on everything. Dennis Storzek

Ed Google Southern Pacific Stock car and a few come up. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Ed, What is the car class? Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX From:STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 201610:01 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] SP 36' Harrimanstock

. . .in the Dec. 2016 issue of MRH by Dick Bale. He also covers many items associated with boxcar roof and reminds us that the perpendicular part of the Running Board System w/the Hand Grab should be

Are there any photos of these on line? I am building the excellent Westerfield kit. Is the underframe similar to a PFE R-30-13, considering one is 36' & the other is 40' ? Ed Mines

Tim, Could that be a Mather reefer? Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

In some locations the setup is used were trains have to cut for crossings.It allows the locomotive to keep the whole train's brake system charged so thereis no delay for pumping up the section beyond

I do not remember being involved with any hand brake with Red Caboose except the Superior 566. I have provided some amount of hand brake information to a number of manufacturers over the years but

This is a photo scan of a negative I shared with Al Westerfieldabout 23 or 24 years ago... it shows this type of hand brake on a WRXreefer in Colorado, circa

If you have any of the ice cars left over Steve can you let me know please. Rob McLear Aussie

Gene Green had something to do with these being produced. I don't recall the details, but he's a resident here, and maybe he can explain it all (again). Schuyler Sent: Monday, December 05,

The P2k Mather boxcars had the Klasing geared horizontal handbrake; I've raided several for Branchline ACF 40ft reefers where the prototypes used them. Dave Sieber, Reno NV

I think a model of this hand brake was included in the Red Caboose Mather36 foot reefer kit. Also, I think it may have been included in some of the Westerfield ACF 40foot reefer kits. Tim O'Connor

Bill, Challenge ACCEPTED! :) I hope to have a couple of new PRR X29s, an X26 (from the PRRPro project) as well as maybe some new PRR electrics and, if I can find the time (and flat cars), a few new

PR at CCB is only a month away—Jan. 5-7—and I am working myself to try to finish several new models plus I plan to bring a few "in progress" models as well. I challenge everyone on this list who

Thanks, Rob!

Lester... For a summary of all hand brakes go to http://mrhpub.com/2013-11-nov/land#110 . RichardBale