Hi Everyone I am in the process of transcribing ORER line data pertaining to box, auto, and ventilator cars for U.S. railroads into an Excel spreadsheet. The seven ORERs so far completed are:

Is Dave Ramos on this list, or does anyone know his e-mail address? Many thanks ....Mike

In my research into FGE, I have accumulated ads, photos and other resources regarding FGE experimentation with the Waukesha system. Part of the problem was they had so much stuff hanging on the

Gary Roe wrote: Gary, PFE ice car conversions are discussed on pages 208, 211 and 212 of the book. PFE did not try the Waukesha hardware. They did try units from Trane, Carrier, Transi-cold and

Tony, Thanks. I felt like it must not have gone over very well. However, I cannot find the pictures you speak of in the PFE book. I did find a couple small photos of Preco "Cargotemp" equipment

2 other outstanding presentations were: Jim Langston - Prototype Passenger Operations for Large and Small Pikes - Great photos A lot of information about running passenger service on mid-sized

The supplier of this door is Dan Hall and his firm, Southwest Scale Productions of Fort Smith Arkansas. Dan makes a number of Youngstown and Superior doors in the 6', 7' and 8' widths. I learned

---------------------------- Having bought one of the 1950-built cars, I can testify that it's a really nice product. The prototype was Magor-built if I recall, thus the need for all the "mixed"

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Richard is certainly right that produce cars and meat cars were not interchangeable, as they were differently equipped and there were cleaning issues with meat cars

I will add that the Clover House dry transfers of chalk markings were all copied from photos in my collection, so they are absolutely authentic. Richard Hendrickson

A photo of ARL 3891, an Arnold Patent car built ca. 1890 an assigned to the Kansas City Dressed Beef Line, is on p. 20 of the billboard reefer book. The best source for the details on the breakup

Larry, 61916 is almost certainly a misprint or recording error, as the ORERs show no GARX car with that number in 1947. I have a hunch that car was actually 67916, a 40' wood sheathed reefer. In

Jeff Aley notes that he attended 10 clinics at Cocoa Beach. Ten!? I attended 3 in addition to giving 2. How did Jeff manage to see 10? Sounds like he had more free time than I thought. Hmmm. Speaking

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Having bought one of the 1950-built cars, I can testify that it's a really nice product. The prototype was Magor-built if I recall, thus the need for all the "mixed"

I will enquire. While I will take some credit for pulling the model guys back from the brink and making them rework the lettering for another dozen attempts to get it right, somehow the color itself

Prototype Rails 2010 was a great place to enjoy frozen orange juice - straight from the tree! Weather aside, I think PR'2010 went pretty well. There were a few hiccups, most notably that the

Gary Roe wrote: Both PFE and FGE tried this conversion (there are photos in the PFE book), and I think others such as MDT tried it out also, but AFAIK everyone determined that the small, older

The March 28, 1955 issue of Railway Age has an article in it about a new development by the Waukesha Motor Company. Basically, it is a retro fit for an ice-bunker reefer to turn it into a mechanical

Tony Thompson writes: I have reviewed my contract with the Weather Bureau and find that they asked for my place of birth. It turns out that they use that place to direct the weather to. And, as it

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