Hi Nelson, I sold a number of the S8unshne meat reefers primarily to one customer, no longer with us, wjho built a skmall fleet of them back in the early to mid-1990's. Wish I had kept more

Hi Bill, If you mean Gene Green's reefer book I've had it for years and should also have noted that all the 40 ft. Mather cars I'm familiar with had steel ends, unlike any of the 36 ft.cars I've

Andy, Attached are two views of BAR 7765 taken on different visits to the Conway Scenic Railway. No guarantees the shots reflect either as-built paint or a later in-service version. Make of them what

Only one I have is b/w, but the ends and sills are the same color. Perhaps black. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Gents, Does anyone on the list have a color photo of a BAR 7000-series 40' steel refrigerator car in the as-built orange scheme from 1951-53 (two batches)? I am curious what color the ends and sills

I built the Sunshine kit (15.1), and it was cast in the old yellow resin – thick and brittle. The running board supports had to be built up using 1x2 styrene strips, and it was royal PITA. The steel

And ... I just happen to have a few photos taken in 2015 of the old Morrell branch house in Syracuse. It is located on Erie Blvd on the near east side, and was probably switched by the DL&W on the

PHP (Packing House Products) consisted of far more than hanging meat, as Bill points out. There was canned meat, processed meat (think sausage, bacon, lunch meat, etc), meat by-products and meat

Morrell also had a slaughter house in Estherville Iowa, purchased from Tobin in 1953. Tobin purchased it in 1937 for hog slaughter, from the Estherville Packing Co. who built in the plant in 1935.

Hi Bill and Nelson, I dug out my 1954 Moody's Industrial's book. Morrell had three US p;ants at the time. Ottumwa was the largest 1.9 mil sq ft,, followed by Sioux Falls at 1.4 mil sq ft, and Topeka

They are around at shows all the time. Picked one up in October 2019. Brian J. Carlson

I don’t think the Red Caboose Mather reefers have been produced for almost a decade. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Is anyone making inverse ends, specifically inverse dreadnaught and/or inverse Hutchins ends? There are a few cars that I have long wanted to model that require such ends, but AFAIK they have not

There are 5 photos of Morrell 40ft Mather reefers in the Refrigerator Car Color Guide by Morning Sun. If you model reefers you really need this book. Bill Darnaby

I was about to point out that Morrell used a LOT of Mather meat reefers and Red Caboose has offered one for some years that seems to match many photos fairly well. BUT these are 36 ft. reefers. Didn't

I knew, absolutely KNEW, somebody would nit me on that. About as life-threatening as getting the journal box cover misidentified. Let’s just agree on Eastern something, with the onion

It's photos like this that makes one wonder if the ends initially remained FCR, same as the roof. I know dirty red can be mistaken for FC color, but the white lettering and fascia don't look all that

David Soderblom wrote: I agree with the modelability, David, but IIRC that's a Greek Orthodox church. One of the Pittsburghers on the list can correct me if that's wrong. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks so much; there are so many scenes that beg to be simulated in scale. I wouldn’t care to do the Russian Orthodox church, but there are all those lovely details: the combination of concrete

Have been systematically scanning my slides going back to 1968. Here's one from September 1962, stopped for a passing CB&Q freight in Edgemont SD on our way from the Black Hills to Colorado and just