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Re: Swift reefer colors
Rich Burg wrote:
This is, of course, a billboard scheme from the era prior to the ICC ban on such schemes. (Several similar Swift schemes are shown in the new book on billboard reefers.) But I
Rich Burg wrote:
This is, of course, a billboard scheme from the era prior to the ICC ban on such schemes. (Several similar Swift schemes are shown in the new book on billboard reefers.) But I
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
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#76882
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Prototype Rails 2009 at Cocoa Beach, FL
Here's the latest flyer for the RPM Meet Prototype Rails to be held at Cocoa Beach, FL:
PROTOTYPE RAILS
COCOA BEACH, FL, JAN 8-11, 2009
AN NMRA SANCTIONED EVENT
A PROTOTYPE MODELING MEET
Here's the latest flyer for the RPM Meet Prototype Rails to be held at Cocoa Beach, FL:
PROTOTYPE RAILS
COCOA BEACH, FL, JAN 8-11, 2009
AN NMRA SANCTIONED EVENT
A PROTOTYPE MODELING MEET
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Mike Brock <brockm@...>
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#76881
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Re: reefer book
You're welcome. Knew you would like it.
We really don't have any guideline, though you are right, we don't want it (realistically) to go over 350 or 400 pages. I've always believed that the
You're welcome. Knew you would like it.
We really don't have any guideline, though you are right, we don't want it (realistically) to go over 350 or 400 pages. I've always believed that the
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
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#76880
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Re: reefer book
Tony,
I have been sadly remiss in not thanking you profusely for the reefer book. Too many other things going on. I liked it greatly (always been a fan of the advertising) and I'll just have to find
Tony,
I have been sadly remiss in not thanking you profusely for the reefer book. Too many other things going on. I liked it greatly (always been a fan of the advertising) and I'll just have to find
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cj riley <cjriley42@...>
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#76879
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APRIL 1951 AND JULY 1951 ORER DATA NEEDED.
If you have access to an APRIL 1951 ORER and or a JULY 1951 ORER please
contact me off list.
Thanks in advance.
Dick Kashdin
Clarence, NY
If you have access to an APRIL 1951 ORER and or a JULY 1951 ORER please
contact me off list.
Thanks in advance.
Dick Kashdin
Clarence, NY
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Dick
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#76878
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Re: 36 Foot Side Door Gondola
Hi Ray,
According to the data book these are numbered X5500 to X5699. They were 330001 - 33095 when in revenue service. 1105 cubic feet capacity, 37' 10 1/8 inch long over the end sills. The drawing
Hi Ray,
According to the data book these are numbered X5500 to X5699. They were 330001 - 33095 when in revenue service. 1105 cubic feet capacity, 37' 10 1/8 inch long over the end sills. The drawing
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Jeffrey White
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#76876
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Re: 36 Foot Side Door Gondola
Hi Jeff,
Are you talking about the X6001-X6979 series of IC cinder cars? If so, I have a quality photo of X6120, and it looks like a scratch job. The only 32 foot gon on the market that I
Hi Jeff,
Are you talking about the X6001-X6979 series of IC cinder cars? If so, I have a quality photo of X6120, and it looks like a scratch job. The only 32 foot gon on the market that I
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Ray Breyer
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#76874
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Re: 36 Foot Side Door Gondola
I have no idea. I found the car in the IC 1954 freight car data book and it just lists SSS as the builder and says built at Hammond on the index sheet. Looking at the drawing shows the builder as SSC
I have no idea. I found the car in the IC 1954 freight car data book and it just lists SSS as the builder and says built at Hammond on the index sheet. Looking at the drawing shows the builder as SSC
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Jeffrey White
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#76875
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Re: 36 Foot Side Door Gondola
Who is SSS? Standard Steel Car Co . . . or somebody else?
Al Kresse
Who is SSS? Standard Steel Car Co . . . or somebody else?
Al Kresse
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water.kresse@...
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#76873
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Re: Swift reefer colors
Guys,
The Burlington Bulletin #28 (I don't know the date on this copy) on page
61 has a lettering arrangement for Leased Swift cars, circa 1932. These were
former PRR class RF reefers, leased
Guys,
The Burlington Bulletin #28 (I don't know the date on this copy) on page
61 has a lettering arrangement for Leased Swift cars, circa 1932. These were
former PRR class RF reefers, leased
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cinderandeight@...
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#76877
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Re: NP reefer roof
Scott Pitzer wrote:
I was thinking spring, summer or fall <g>.
Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA
2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705
Scott Pitzer wrote:
I was thinking spring, summer or fall <g>.
Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA
2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
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#76872
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Re: NP reefer roof
wrote:
painted.
Mon-Tue, Wed-Thu, or Fri?
Before or after lunch?
<g>
Scott Pitzer
tops.
wrote:
painted.
Mon-Tue, Wed-Thu, or Fri?
Before or after lunch?
<g>
Scott Pitzer
tops.
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Scott Pitzer
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#76871
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36 Foot Side Door Gondola
Built by SSS in 1906. Does anyone make a resin kit of this car? I need a couple for cinder cars on my IC layout.
Thanks, Jeff White
Alma IL
Built by SSS in 1906. Does anyone make a resin kit of this car? I need a couple for cinder cars on my IC layout.
Thanks, Jeff White
Alma IL
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Jeffrey White
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#76870
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Re: Swift reefer colors
Richard Hendrickson wrote:
"Ted's right; the earliest photo of a car with the rectangular red
Swift emblem is dated 8-49. Earlier cars, dating back to the 1930s,
had "REFRIGERATOR" stenciled to the
Richard Hendrickson wrote:
"Ted's right; the earliest photo of a car with the rectangular red
Swift emblem is dated 8-49. Earlier cars, dating back to the 1930s,
had "REFRIGERATOR" stenciled to the
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benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
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#76869
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Re: Fw: [cnw] FDDM&S Freight Cars
Attached is a scan of a W. C. Whittaker photo taken at Ogden, Utah in
May, 1959. Note the roof was Murphy rectangular panel, not Viking,
and that the trucks were USRA Andrews.
Richard
Attached is a scan of a W. C. Whittaker photo taken at Ogden, Utah in
May, 1959. Note the roof was Murphy rectangular panel, not Viking,
and that the trucks were USRA Andrews.
Richard
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Richard Hendrickson
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#76868
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Re: ERDX-EASTERN STATES FARMERS EXCHANGE
These cars have been discussed here before. Here's a photo in the
Files
These cars have been discussed here before. Here's a photo in the
Files
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mcindoefalls
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#76867
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Re: GM&O box car (was Naperville handout)
Here is a bird's eye view of the GM&O box car, Rock Island
single sheathed caboose, mysterious double door box car, and
a pair of old ICG box cars (appearing to have been parked in
that location at
Here is a bird's eye view of the GM&O box car, Rock Island
single sheathed caboose, mysterious double door box car, and
a pair of old ICG box cars (appearing to have been parked in
that location at
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Tim O'Connor
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#76866
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Re: Swift reefer colors
Ted's right; the earliest photo of a car with the rectangular red
Swift emblem is dated 8-49. Earlier cars, dating bacvk to the 1930s,
had "REFRIGERATOR" stenciled to the right of the doors and
Ted's right; the earliest photo of a car with the rectangular red
Swift emblem is dated 8-49. Earlier cars, dating bacvk to the 1930s,
had "REFRIGERATOR" stenciled to the right of the doors and
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Richard Hendrickson
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#76865
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Re: NP reefer roof
The Northern Pacific Historical Society's Mainstreeter publication , Vol 4 #2, has an a picture of the top of steel reefer 91497 and its a metallic roof with black ends and yellow/orange sides. While
The Northern Pacific Historical Society's Mainstreeter publication , Vol 4 #2, has an a picture of the top of steel reefer 91497 and its a metallic roof with black ends and yellow/orange sides. While
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gary laakso
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#76864
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Re: NP reefer roof
Brown, silver, or black is proper depending on when the car was painted.
Jim Hayes
Portland Oregon
Brown, silver, or black is proper depending on when the car was painted.
Jim Hayes
Portland Oregon
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Jim & Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...>
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#76863
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