1936 looks like a more likely date for the photo This later photo (attached) appears to show a Bettendorf I-beam underframe

Were they anything like the W&R models? https://brasstrains.sirv.com/products/079574/0795740102.jpg

Please take this dispute off line. Thank you.

Thank you Steve for the documents with photos. But I still think you should have added your name to the document as editor and collaborator. :-P Stay safe, friends Tim O'

I have some too - I'd forgotten where they come from. I only have enough for one or two cars, but now there are the Kadees, so...

Not to mention the UNION TANK CAR UTLX X-1 tank cars!! AAARGH! :-D

And wouldn't that be a violation of the Safety Appliance regulations of the 1920's ?? I am amazed - thanks for pointing that out. The shop date is clear - dated 1950.

Then I respectively submit that would be a poor choice for a small model railroad vendor to try and bring out in RTR plastic. There are much better (easier to sell) choices. But the pre-1960 world of

here ya go

Whoa thar, Todd ! Be careful with reporting marks :-D SLRX = St Louis Refrigerator SRLX = Swift On 4/4/2020 2:42 PM, Todd Sullivan via groups.io wrote:

This poll reminds me of practically the same poll taken some time ago, asking us which early Santa Fe mechanical we wanted. I think I voted for the "weird" cars - the Santa Fe built some cars with 52

It's an EMD SC or SW (not sure which, only difference is the frame), and that's how they were built (over 100 were built)

Thanks Drew for the clarification. I'd love to see this done. It seems to be an almost forgotten art at least for HO models.

My favorite roof shots of Swift reefers.

As I recall, all Cal-Scale detail components were OVERSIZE because they were used for lost wax casting! In that process the plastic parts are for the molds and are destroyed in the casting process, an

This is my only photo of one with flat plate ends

hmmm...

Reminds me of this end - Did anyone ever identify who made the ends with vertical ribs? http://www.fritzmilhaupt.com/bbgraphics/85500EndSm.jpg ==============================

Bill, All okay with me, but I'm not sure I like to have a post in the archives with the subject that begins with "Tim O'Conner's [sic] Breakdown..." :-D Tim O'

Thanks for the correction Ed ! To add to your list - 936, 1019 & 1020 also had round corner ends. The other photos I have are all duplicates of yours. Tim O'Connor =================================