*snip* This could have worked in the other direction, too. Ford had assembly plants in Boston, and GM had a major assembly plant in Framingham MA, served by the B&A. SGL E-mail message checked

Like Tony, I was mislead by the ORER listing showing "steel underframe" reefer. This is usually code for "wood sided car" in the ORER. In the GT listings the brine reefers are listed that way, and the

Brian, Thanks for the good info. I will begin searching for the info, although later posts here seem to indicate these may have been predominantly post-war cars, as mentioned earlier. Dave Evans

Ian Cranstone wrote: For the series 206400-206499, the January 1958 ORER says "refrig., steel underframe," as it does for the other reefers listed, and as it did for all the reefers in 1953.

On Nov 4, 2009, Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> wrote: Yes and no. There was a Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, and a Grand Trunk Railway System (lines in the U.S. east of

If anyone wants to build one, I have an F&C 5130 CN 8 hatch reefer kit I no longer need. $10 including postage. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com

. and this is exactly the reason we decided to go with cast-on railings: prototypic accuracy. We found nothing available to buy and forming etched ladder rails scares off a lot more people than drill

Tony I see what you mean... but "GT" (not "GTW") had hundreds of the overhead brine reefers. Was the "GT" reporting mark used for cars that generally travelled to the US? My only shots of GT/GTW

I have an HO resin kit for a streamlined CPR 2200-series coach (built 1950) that I'm working on in the hotel room while away from home. Separate roof, sides, ends, floor, and the whole body has to be

Greg That's what I meant by "carbon"... in its many forms. :-) Someone else mentioned pulverized coal -- that sounds like a filter material. Tim

Jim Unfortunately there is no single ladder -- I have photos that show 6 and 7 rung ladders on the sides, and 5, 6, and 7 rung ladders on the ends. They all appear to be the same width but the rung

Tim, Then if you have a suggestion for an accurate ladder, I'll give it serious thought to replacing the ladder rails with 4 dimples to drill for a molded ladder. Jim King Smoky Mountain

Tim O'Connor wrote: Of course, but as I understood Garth Groff's question, he was asking if the car had come to California to be exported, i.e. beyond California. The Grand Trunk Western is

Tim, And to a lesser degree anthracite coal, finely grounds and screed ed, was also used a filtration for water. Greg Martin

Yes, but brewers use mineral materials for filtering -- for example, carbon, or diatomaceous earth. I doubt those hoppers were used for rice, barley malt or hops. Tim O'Connor

Tony, wouldn't a load from Canada to California be counted as an "export" from Canada? Alberta is Canada's answer to Texas: beef and oil exports. The Grand Trunk Western is a US railroad, so that

Elden,and List               That is what prompted the question; I had been of the belief that grains were shipped in box cars at that time, and wanted to make sure I didn't miss some

"Hi, my name is Scott, and I buy resin kits of steam era freight cars and I don't even model the steam era....." Scott Chatfield addicted to tank cars

Sorry, Fred, I did not add that grain on the PRR was shipped in box cars. I have several photos of PRR cars with grain doors fitted, in that service. PRR also used box cars, fitted with temporary

Gentlemen - Thank you for all your well researched and helpful responses thus far, both on and off the group. I appreciate the help in getting an answer so as to realistically operate the