Ed, In addition to the Series 19700-19799, what were the other car numbers in the series which included the 300 B-9 car built in 1945 which had black car cement applied to the roofs? Thanks,

OOPS I meant 2" of the white stuff. Mark

Thank You very much Mr. Hawkins. I had 5 kits to build and this one stumped me as no pictures could be found on the internet. The list had the SAL, an Erie 40 PS Inter., Erie 50' fur. LL, MP 40' RC

Yes. Richard Hendrickson

in the Correct, although photos of the NRC cars with the Patrick Cudahy banner herald have been published elsewhere. Note that this was used before the company name was officially changed from Cudahy

Mark, Series 19700-19799 had Superior doors. All 300 B-9 cars when built in 1945 had black car cement applied to the roofs. This per Pullman-Standard bill of materials data. Regards, Ed Hawkins

I'm reposting this until a new thread title so if anyone wants to ask more questions we all know which company the discussion is supposed to be about. Dave Nelson =============== Ok, so we have the

I have a IMWX boxcar 40' SAL kit. Car number 19797 class B-9. What door would this car and did they had black roof? Thanks Mark

Ok, what I think I know based on the posts. Cudahy Reefers with CRLX reporting marks were owned by the Cudahy Packing company of East Chicago (In 1957). The Sunshine kit 24.17 is for these

Richard Hendrickson notes: "The day when every piece of information known to man can be googled may be coming, but it ain't here yet." Maybe not but it probably won't be too long before it is. The

I'm always surprised (though perhaps I shouldn't be, by now) when a lot of speculation and mis-information is posted on a subject which is well documented. The responses to Don's query are a

Good idea, but I model Maine two footers and this is supposed to help me represent a standard gauge train in Farmington where there wasn't such a shed. I knew about the plans for True Line to redo

They were definitely two separate companies although genetically connected back in the nineteenth century. When I did my pitch on NRC last year, my opening slide was called "Cudahy Confusion" to

Some years ago I purchased some pretty fine etched metal Pennsy detail parts (Keystone, locomotive, trust plates, etc.) from a supplier that I believe was Schuykill Division. Does anyone know

Some of these were sold to the C&O and repainted, and then some sold again and I believe that ended up in Wisc in the Fox River area servicing a particular paper mill. We can help with photo(s) in

Here is the Second update: Guys,

Tok, so we have the history of Patrick Cudahy, now the other company -- Cudhay Packing of Omaha -- which has this history: The Irish-born Cudahy brothers started working in the Milwaukee

Dave: Would you kindly post your file in the group files? None of the columns lined up the state and city were all in the first two columns. Thanks. Rich Orr

For a partial history of the Cudahy companies see _http://www.patrickcudahy.com/company-founder.html_ (http://www.patrickcudahy.com/company-founder.html) Rich Orr