My good friend Bob is an old curmudgeon that doesn’t partake of any social media including i o lists. So, he was not aware aware of that fact that this kit is at the pinnacle of tough builds.

There is an excellent color photo of Swift 6544 in red paint and with 4 hinges on the back cover of the Morning Sun Refrigerator Car Color Guide. Bill Darnaby

Stan Rydarowicz sold a kit for this car. There are two finished models in a late friends estate. If anyone is interested in them I can put you in contact with the person doing the liquidating? Please

Ah, now that I know the question I can answer. Mont makes an excellent point. At many rural locations there was only one loading chute at the local stockpens, so car length was not an issue. Each car

Phil, they are what we commonly call 36’ wood reefers. Attached is the photo of the Cudahy reefer #5557 that closely matches the Atlas model. And at the photo of Swift 9863. 5557 was built in 1928

Excellent clinic. Most modelers seem to think it is stock cars in, reefers out. Ha. J. Stephen Sandifer

Garth that photo is of a 6 hinge car. The question is about a 4 hinge car. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

All, When we talk about stock cars we usually think of long cuts of them loaded with enough cattle to be called a herd. In my part of the country there were a lot of hog farmers who took their

I will be including that with the boiler lettering sets

The question I remember was simple – didn’t the 50 foot cars create a problem with lining them up with the ramps on older stock pens? My answer was yes but did comment that I have some pens built

RJ, I love the weathering on the deck of your flat car. Could you please share your methods for that? I have one Owl Mountain flat car awaiting decals, and would love to weather it as well as you

Phil and Doug, Does this attached photo of a Swift refrigerator car on the WP from my collection help your discussion? Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Based on the comments in the OP, RJ is not interested in sprung trucks. So there are exactly four options for "solid" T-section Bettendorfs in HO scale. Kadee 572/1572 Walthers 1009 MTH Red

Thanks for the info, Doug, and I am referring to the Atlas wood meat reefer. I see in the linked thread in the OP that you posted a few photos of Swift 4906, 9863, and a few other Swift wood reefers;

Steve are you referring to Mat Thompson’s presentation on Operations at his Swift Meat packing plant? I was not able to participate in the OpSig event, so I did not hear the question. I am familiar

Phil I assume you are asking about the Atlas wood 36’ wood meat reefer with 4 hinges. I believe it has been offered in a Swift p/l scheme. Atlas claims the wood meat reefer model is based upon a

Brain, check our mopac.org. I think you can find good matches there. Jerry Michels

It does help, thanks. Because there are a number of photos of the tanks, etc and none of them show piping at the top of the tank I am going to assume that the piping is at ground or floor level and

Scott, I enjoy giving the clinics at the RPM's. I even have a few ready to go, whenever that is. As far as a photo showing the piping, I do not have one in the book. But the diagram on page 94 sums up

Is the Atlas 4-hinge reefer close to the Swift 4-hinge prototypes? I've compared the Atlas reefer (a CRLX prototype) to photos at the below link, and the bodies seem pretty close to me beyond