I have completed the build of Yarmouth Model Works resin kit 115. It is Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, 11502, an all steel automobile rebuilt boxcar. If you are interested in the build of this car

1936 looks like a more likely date for the photo This later photo (attached) appears to show a Bettendorf I-beam underframe -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Don, The Erie interchanged with the New Haven Railroad at the large NH yard in Maybrook, NY. The New Haven interchanged with the B&M at Worcester, Fitchburg, and Lowell, MA. Both the NH and the B&M

Ted Schnepf wrote: "In the early 1950's before the meat packers expanded, by consolidating facilities. the only place to see some of these reefers together on one train was east of Chicago. NKP did

The gift shop of the Kansas City Railroad Museum was housed in a Wilson meat reefer. It was my weekend “home” for several years. This part of my life has given me a fondness for meat reefers.

Ted Schnepf wrote: Good point, Ted. But remember they all came back west empty. Lots of photos of westward trains in the steam era show quite a mix of meat cars, presumably empty. Tony

That’s the beauty of modeling part of the Erie Main through Pennsylvania. I can get most of them <grin>. Brian J. Carlson

Hello, Always nice to see fine reefer models. In the early 1950's before the meat packers expanded, by consolidating facilities. the only place to see some of these reefers together on one train was

If Athearn has produced an accurate model of a Fruit Growers Express “Overhead Bunker” or “OB” car, it is one of the best-kept secrets in the history of the world. Likewise if they have

I agree the roof has what look like ice hatches. On the other hand, did any reefer ever have sliding doors? I see no sign that there were ever any hinges for swinging doors. Chuck Peck

My 1st visit to Mendocino county was in 1966 and I could easily remember seeing the huge sign painted on a metal roof on top of a mill building along side of the North Western Pacific RR tracks in the

Notice the ice hatches at each end, which suggest this is a former express refrigerator. Possibly ex-traction, but the flat ends make me think it's of steam-road origin. Clerestory roofs were uncommon

Photo: Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway Boxcar A 1910 photo of car 442 from the Potlatch Historical Society Collection: https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/phs/items/phs1365.html Click on the

Photo: Pres-To-Logs Boxcar A 1930 photo of car 426 from the Potlatch Historical Society Collection: https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/phs/items/phs1369.html Click on the photo to enlarge it. Bob

Strewth! Even the pick and shovel in the lower-right octant contribute. --

There is -nothing- in this photo that is NOT eminently modelable! http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-04-07-20/X5292.jpg - the no end-platform contractor business car (converted

Ed, Perhaps for company ice service? As in moving big blocks of ice from source (lake) to icing facilities? Or as experiment that was used for a few years but didn't really work?

Frank Hodina shares photos and details on a few meat reefers in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/meat-reefers/ Eric Hansmann RCW

Tim, They were much taller than those cars. And, to head off possible suggestions, they had ice bunkers at the ends, so were unlikely to have got raised tops for that purpose. I will succumb to my

Don, I'm curious. What's an Athearn FOBX #4156? Maybe some kind of link, or something? I see your 1938 ORER preceeds mine--good to know. They don't show in my July 1945, although there ARE other