Bruce, Not to pick nits or anything, but unless the "1943 Scheme" you are referring to is the as-delivered scheme, you do not know the actual date the car in question was painted into the "1943

Well I will answer this question but it is outside the scope of this list which goes from 1900 to 1960. SFRM was introduced on the Santa Fe with the conversion of ten Rr-56 mechanicla refrigerator

Jim Betz wrote: Possibly these are minor, contributing factors. The main reason was to protect against temperature extremes, the exact same reason canned goods are shipped today in insulated

Tim Gilbert wrote: In PFE's case, the local railroad agent would order the cars from SP Car Dept. people, who would get them from the nearest PFE car location, often an SP yard with

Larry Jackman wrote: Larry is absolutely right, at least for PFE heaters. They sat on the bunker bottom. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Russ Strodtz wrote: The second reason is the right one. PFE was approached by a couple of the packers with requests for more meat cars, but PFE realized that they would only be backups for the

Don Worthy asked: "What was the magazine, month and year that the article is in? I'd like to see if I have it or can get it." Railroad Model Craftsman, April 2006. You could have found it doing an

Marty, Kadee gives us this information, at least in their printed catalogs. Kind regards, Garth G. Groff

What was the magazine, month and year that the article is in? I'd like to see if I have it or can get it. Thanks Don Worthy Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> wrote: Paul Lyons

Bruce, I see your point. While I was at Inter Mountain we looked extensively at this and decided there was no "right" solution -- at least at the time. For me, at this point, there is no longer

Marty, This just isn't that hard <G>! The box could (and SHOULD) read: 1943 scheme, reweigh 10/53. For those of us who care (like this list) the information is there that tells me I can buy this

Paul Lyons wrote: Guys and in paticular Ted Culotta, I have one of the Branchline WRX 9000-9499 kits lettered for "Greenbay and Western Lines" almost complete. Remembering this was a featured

Hello all, Thanks again for the information on these cars. Apparantly they were sold at the auction - please let me know if anybody here sees them on the move or at their new location. Many

see below Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I never had to remove or install one. All I ever did was turn them on or off, read the number on them. To turn them on or

and white version of the pre-Schroeder black/red/white "Peoria Gateway" emblem. Two questions: in M&StL service? I only have a photo of 95237, but no date on the photo. There were other series of

Thanks for pointing that out Ben. Perhaps the best evidence of how many model railroaders misunderstand this can be found in the "repaint" date checkers -- you know, the ones who have picked an era

Ben, you are correct. I was simply telling about the details on the car and giving a date when the photo was taken. Since the photo was taken in 1962, Santa Fe must have had SFRM cars prior to what

Larry, I guess I was using the expression that one of the BRE/WFE men at Cicero used. While it has been a long time I'm fairly sure that the heaters, which were sitting in the ice bunker, were

Tom Chenowth wrote: "It was shopped at WC 7 62..." IT IS NOT A SHOP DATE (OR A REPAINT DATE). It's when the car was last reweighed. A car would be reweighed after work done in the car shops that

The heaters I have had to take care of were all set on the bottom of the bunker and NOT HUNG in the car. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@...