-- If modelers have not used the "Good Ones" then they don't really know what a good cut off disc is like. Here is the package and one of the discs from the last Good Ones I purchased years ago from m

I could not find Tru Scale model railroad paint as mentioned in the message string. I could find Tru Color model railroad paint. I believe that is the paint being referred to. John in Albuquerque --

The Santa Fe converted 5 ea 50' Rr-31 class ice bunker refrigerator cars to Mechanical Temperature Control cars in 1955. The standard 5' foot wide swing plug doors were replaced with sliding plug door

The emblem you called a Civil Defense emblem is the emblem used to identify cars assigned to zinc concentrate service. In 1959 there were 185 BX-11 cars live in the series 41200 - 41399

Thanks for sharing - there are some real gems in your selection. John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque

A very nice view of a 37' stock car Thanks for the view

Had trouble getting the attachments to the email. My copy only had one of the C&EI derricks but two showed up. Just delete if you wich.

Model Railroader had a two part article on modeling a "30 ton derrick" in Jan and Feb 1956. It was similar to the C&IE folio sheet for their 100 ton crane. There was also a similar crane on the SP de

The photo was taken at Pope, New Mexico, during the unloading of Jumbo. Pope is on the Santa Fe line from Albuquerque to El Paso. okladivjohn@...

Maybe this is the one he was referring to Charles Libby Collection John Moore Albuquerque Charles Libby Collection Great Northern Freight Car Ready to Load, 1930

Santa Fe Railway did have meat refrigerator cars. Although outside the 1960 period of this list. Just delete if not interested. 1964 10 ice bunker refrigerator cars from the RR-55 class were modified

The ban on underframe age was started after the focus of this list. 1970 seems to me when the age ban on underframe age in interchange service was introduced. John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque

One other item. The periods after each letter starting in 1902 was discontinued in the 1943-44 period. So S.F.R.D. became SFRD John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque

The reporting marks SFRD started in 1902 when the Santa FE Refrigerator Line was combined into a new Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch company. In 1918 the USRA ruled that the Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispa

Well this discussion has gotten out of the period of this group. Sorry for the distraction. I will keep my future comments to stay within the 1960 deadline John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque

Some question about the N scale model being a copy of the Walthers - well it is not. The RR-71 N scale model had the correct rib count on the side The door on the N scale model appears correct in styl

This is a whole lot better model than the very poor Walthers HO RR-72 MTC non-model. The RR-71 was a good selection as there were 175 car built. It appears to be in the as 1962 as built condition. Joh

There is always a desire to have a car which represents a prototype car of your favorite railroad. My favorite railroad is the AT&SF Ry and the refrigerator cars which the railroad ran in revenue serv

My first impression of the photo was I did not clearly see the vertical frame members which are common on the BX-3,6 classes. I can barely make out the breaks in the nailing strip. The corrugated (not

John The AT&SF box car looks like a BX 8 class. John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque