Bill Welch wrote Yes, I pointed this out here a couple of years ago. I for one was disappointed that Sunshine dropped the R-30-9 kit from their line. The resin models have much better detail. Tim

I have not seen any late 50's photos of R-30-9's with r/w/b UP shield but that does not mean they didn't exist. There were still 700 cars in service in 1959... But if they existed, there probably were

Thanks Tony, and everyone, for the R-30-9 info. I wrote >> The January 1965 ORER specifically lists PFE reefers 97193 and 97638 in the series 96614 to 98027, which had only four cars remaining.

Tim O'Connor wrote: wonderful finish and they're cheaper to use than model paints. But I've heard the learning curve can be steep. I do use DuPont lacquer thinner, but that's as far as I've gone

In a message dated 12/3/02 7:28:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, rhendrickson@... writes: << I think the primary reason for the elimination of running boards was increasing train speeds, which

Thanks to all who replied to my posting about prepping resin for painting. Much appreciated. Bud Rindfleisch

Thanks for the info Richard. As I was trimming decals I noticed that there were apparently two styles of B&W UP shields. My photo of PFE 98444 (a 30-9 by Will Whittaker) with a built up underframe

They are certainly R-30-9 (or R-40-9) and were probably in interchange service. PFE did continue to use revenue car numbers when cars were used for ice service (NOT "company ice" in the usual sense,

Tony, You don't want to know! Tom Olsen thompson@... wrote:

I know we are to discuss up to 1960 only here, but I'm curious: The January 1965 ORER specifically lists PFE reefers 97193 and 97638 in the series 96614 to 98027, which had only four cars remaining.

Tony Thompson offered: Ha! Guffaw!! Riiiiiight. 'Atsa joke, right? Mighta matched the particular BOTTLE of Floquil D&H Caboose red they got, but the inconsistency in that particular color is

Tim O'Connor wrote: I think the primary reason for the elimination of running boards was increasing train speeds, which made it more and more dangerous to walk the car tops when a train was in

Thanks for catching my typo, Tim. The number I meant to write is 97680. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

I was just reading an old article on ARA 1932 cars by Martin Lofton. He said this type of car sat higher because of the underframe. So, the running board was attached as close to the roof as possible

I too am very interested more photos from this collection. Something has changed in the search engine in the last week. Go to Ted's site and click on links. Then go to the Canadian archives. Click

Maybe I can help a little. Manday Jan 23, 1956 in Chicago at Fruit Auction Sales were the following SFRD reefers loaded in Florida and the contents being sold that day. reporting

COTS is related to the air brake equipment and its components. G

In a message dated 12/3/02 10:22:41 PM, SGL2@... writes: (commenting to Tony Thompson's words) >> But remember, Hawkins and Wider did an analysis >> of the ACF paint chip collection, and

The Barre car (and probably the H&W car) was built by Michigan- Peninsular Car in 1898. There are no drawings of either in the 1906 CBD, but Railroad Car Journal had articles on them in the February

The South Carolina Railroad Museum has one and the North Carolina Railroad Museum at Bonsal has three. G