Those Repack stencil rectangles are also discussed in the SPH&TS book on painting & lettering SP and PFE freight cars (page 127). The drawing for the stencil was issued in March 1938. I have never not

In December 1959, PFE compiled two listings of their Wood ice reefers - one for cars still in service, and one for cars out of service. Copies of those listings were obtained from the California State

I should have added that since the WP reefers have a unique version of the Built-Up underframe for reefers, with their brake cylinder and brake levers placement, I think it is even more likely that th

AFAIK, the current thinking is that all the WP reefers had Built-Up underframes. I do not know of, and have not heard even rumors of, any photo of a WP reefer with a Bettendorf underframe. My recollec

Tony knows more than I do, but the RR Design did not "replace" the 30-ton Bettendorf underframes on PFE reefers. They were a means to increase the number of cars PFE could get, without being limited b

In case anyone missed the link to my SmugMug site in Steve Hile's thread about correcting PFE brake gear placement, I have put a lot of photos, drawings, summaries and explanations in captions in this

Well, I received my samples of these reefers and was quite relieved to see that they used my new artwork on all the models. Several people, including myself, were making judgements about the models ba

Another thread hijacked by a different subject(s). WAY TO GO GUYS !! Dick Harley Laguna Beach, CA

Bill, For the past 20 years or so (maybe more), I believe most Korean factory lettered brass has used what I understand to be a "thermal" decal process. In that process the lettering is on a film whic

Most Chinese assembled cars are pre-painted and glued with CA, so a little bit of torque will break the glue bonds. Disassembling a model is not difficult. For those wanting to know what the correct l

Todd mentioned earlier about possibly a yardmaster snagging a single UCR car, but all four of those cars look very similar to me. And I'd say that three of them are clearly lettered Utah Coal Route. C

Very nice model, Fenton. Always good to see a UP car modeled well. I have a couple minor nits to pick, that I expect very few people to know. First, the UP began putting the solid journal Repack data

Hate to say this, but I think I am done traveling until there is a proven vaccine for COVID-19 - or it stops on its own (seems unlikely). Freight car research does continue. Just finished a full roste

Tim, Care to give me a page number in Terry's book? I can't find your data in it. I did notice that even the diagram in Terry's book (p. 145) for the S-40-12 class lists both AY and FCR side Color Sch

Tim, Where did you get the data about, "All of the S-40-12 cars were delivered in yellow." ? Or, "In 1958, the decision was made to paint NON-roller bearing stock cars freight car red so only 'high sp

On the UP Freight Car Data portion of my SmugMug site is a gallery with a 3-page spreadsheet of UP Stock Car Data. https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/UP-FRT-DATA On the right side of the second page ar

I know I am late to this party, but felt that I should note that PFE, SP and UP continued equipment end lettering well into the 1970s and beyond. The SP and PFE lettering is well documented in drawing

FWIW, the complete 1951 PFE Refrigerator Car Diagrams book (and other stuff) is available at : https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/PFE-FRT-DATA Cheers, Dick Harley Laguna Beach, CA

That photo also illustrates the practice of having 5 grab irons on the side and end on early-built R-30-12 and R-30-13 bodies, while later bodies had 6 grab irons at the same location (car at left). C

Nice find for the pre-WWII crowd, Tim. I don't believe the March 1941 photo date, though. The car is freshly painted, and that is definitely NOT a 1941 lettering scheme. The scan is too low res to rea