OK, Wilson started out more yellow-orange than orange, but that’s not consortium reefer yellow. I have some yellow cars (WFE, FGE, and BRE) that I should have included in the comparison photo for

Tim, stop muddying the waters. One of those cars is a Wilson WCLX while the other is clearly a Wilson & Co. WCLX. They are horses (or meat reefers) of a different color from the get-go 8-p Peter

Sure. They had to do something with the hides. The motto for the stockyards/packing houses was "Everything but the squeal." Steve Hile

Obviously meat reefers were routed from the large packing houses to the distributors, but who were the distributors? I'm beginning to think that the large brands such as Swift, Cudahay, etc. shipped

Not to derail the paint discussion, but I just noticed that both of these reefers have, on the roof, the characteristic angle just outboard of the hatches that was standard on ART cars. They also

Thank you, Garth. I’ve come across very little reference information on Wilson & Co., so can’t provide any insight on possible car supplier operations. From photographic evidence at least in

Sigh. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Thanks Nelson, I haven't found a good out of the bottle meat reefer yellow/orange. As easily as those cars picked up dirt and grime it is a varying shade depending on the cars age, judging from

Thank you, Nelson! Peter Ness

Peter, Some color views of both Wilson and Armour cars are found in John Henderson's CLASSIC FREIGHT CARS, VOL. 3. He offers four photos of steel Armour cars, and all have

Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 21 has a comprehensive article on Armour reefers that you will find helpful. I don’t know of any Wilson references. Nelson Moyer

Jared Harper Athens, GA 706-543-8821

In the second photo, the gin on the left has a buckled side. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Todd, Do you mean roofs thata looka lika this? (BTW, note both apparently black and red sill steps on two adjacent cars in foreground; Rule #1: There are no Rules…) Peter Ness

Hi Nelson, RMJ (on TrainLife) has the Swift article in the Feb 1993 issue by Martin Lofton that includes color and b/w prototype photos. There is also a 3-part article by Richard Hendrickson on

There are these two: https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7sf7664q86_6112_1?q=railroad+car&per_page=20 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7sf7664q86_6115_1?q=railroad+car&per_page=20 If these photos

I think that I will pass on this item this time. Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

That is a C of G vent car

B&O class M-55h did have Duryea underframes. Bob Witt

Here are three variations on reefer orange and reefer yellow. The Wilson car is definitely orange. The Scalecoat II 1 to 5 mix approximates the Wilson color. The Kingan car is medium orange-yellow,