The TMX reporting mark has a note in the 1953 ORER that says “See Mars Incorporated and Union Refrigerator Transit Lines, a Division of General American Transportation Corp”. The TMX listing

That third photo intrigues me.What was the TMX car? Also, I think the next car is a ex Reading steel frame reefer in service to ERDX or DSDX Larry King

Great selection of photos Tim. Given the illegibility of the reporting mark in the Delano photo, no.208 in your email may even be the same car (with different lettering in some places). I spent a

I also have an interest in journal repacking stencils. The recent discussion motivated me to look back over the many comments that have been posted on this subject. Below are comments made on this

Charlie, I finally did some digging and found one of the SLRX cars I did almost 20 years ago, using a MDC reefer kit. Certainly not a detailed model, but at the time it was about the only option for a

There were dry ice reefers (attached) and later on (mid 1950's) Pure Carbonic began to operate a fleet of insulated box cars (RB bunkerless refrigerators) and those ran into the

Jim, In July 1965 there were still 12 USRA DS boxcars in revenue service for the TH&B. John Riddell

I should have included a screen capture from the original image, as its not showing the car being issued by F&C. Here it is: Rob

Those kits are actually available. They don't appear to be listed on the F&C website but Locomotive Hobbies has them available on eBay along with what I assume is an earlier style car. I have

Rob, During the Valley Forge RPM, Steve Funaro presented on the dry ice cars of the era. While the photo attached is a finished kit he released, and not necessarily this exact topic, the car in

Thanks for the lead Phil. Rob

iirc most of the DICX reefers were rebuilt from MDT wood and composite reefers. -Phil Lee

Thank you, Guy and others who responded to my question. Based on that information, it would seem reasonable to me to expect that a photograph of a STMFC with a repack stencil of 4 Sep 1951 would be

Rob, it’s well known that PFE orange weathered/faded to a yellowish color. That’s what you see. Tony Thompson tony@...

I’m not sure how many colour photos there are of these reefers in the midst of WWII. Pealing paint make the reporting marks a bit tricky, but if you squint right, they are obvious. My 1953 ORER

Continue to explore what is lurking in the Delano collection, and found this very partial image of PFE 9245X. It is past the shed, among the nearer cars one track to its left (a little lower and

The CB&Q converted baggage cars into horse cars with rows of screened windows on both sides of the doors like the ones in the photo. The only other thing I can think of is that this was a MOW car to

No reporting marks evident, but an interesting car. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017878181/ Compared to the nearer cars a 45’ or 50’ car? Yes, another Delano photo. Rob

Thanks for that! I knew I bought that Westerfield GN kit all those years ago for a good reason, as I was modeling up to 1960 then. But now in 1973 I expect they're gone - at the