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LIFE: what's this
inspired by recent e-mails, I've been scouting through Life photos and this one intrigued me. Curious to know what those stencils with the triangles on the ends were for. The top one seems a different shade than the lower, yet it doesn't look like a patched re-painted mark. Why the triangles? And while I am at it, what car is this?
Rob Kirkham
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=1942+train+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1942%2Btrain%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D984%26bih%3D476%26tbs%3Disch:10,362&imgurl=e52a0aa6318f269e
Rob Kirkham
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=1942+train+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1942%2Btrain%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D984%26bih%3D476%26tbs%3Disch:10,362&imgurl=e52a0aa6318f269e
Benjamin Hom
Rob Kirkham asked:
"Curious to know what those stencils with the triangles on the ends
were for. The top one seems a different shade than the lower, yet it
doesn't look like a patched re-painted mark. Why the triangles? And
while I am at it, what car is this?
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=1942+train+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1942%2Btrain%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D984%26bih%3D476%26tbs%3Disch:10,362&imgurl=e52a0aa6318f269e
The car in question is a PFE reefer. The markings in question are blocks for the repack stencils; note the repack stencil in the lower block.
Please get this straight - they're not "re-painted" marks - in this case, they're repack stencils.
Ben Hom
"Curious to know what those stencils with the triangles on the ends
were for. The top one seems a different shade than the lower, yet it
doesn't look like a patched re-painted mark. Why the triangles? And
while I am at it, what car is this?
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=1942+train+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1942%2Btrain%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D984%26bih%3D476%26tbs%3Disch:10,362&imgurl=e52a0aa6318f269e
The car in question is a PFE reefer. The markings in question are blocks for the repack stencils; note the repack stencil in the lower block.
Please get this straight - they're not "re-painted" marks - in this case, they're repack stencils.
Ben Hom
Thanks Ben. I wasn't meaning re-paint stencils in the sense of dating a re-paint of the car. I was noticing the two separate colours suggested as between the two re-pack blocks (upper block is lighter than lower block and the rest of the car side) and noticing that they didn't have the appearance of additional layers of paint, as I would expect and often see modelled. With such a fine line separating the two blocks, it seemed surprising to me. I don't quite follow why there are two blocks, and why one looks unused (apart from tacked on cardboard notices).
Rob
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Rob
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Rob Kirkham asked:
"Curious to know what those stencils with the triangles on the ends
were for. The top one seems a different shade than the lower, yet it
doesn't look like a patched re-painted mark. Why the triangles? And
while I am at it, what car is this?
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=1942+train+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1942%2Btrain%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D984%26bih%3D476%26tbs%3Disch:10,362&imgurl=e52a0aa6318f269e
The car in question is a PFE reefer. The markings in question are blocks for the repack stencils; note the repack stencil in the lower block.
Please get this straight - they're not "re-painted" marks - in this case, they're repack stencils.
Ben Hom
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What intrigues me is the steel end -- at least it appears to be
a steel end. I think the only steel ended PFE wood sheathed reefers
in 1942 would be the R-70-2 50 foot ice reefers. Tony, any opinion?
Tim O'Connor
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a steel end. I think the only steel ended PFE wood sheathed reefers
in 1942 would be the R-70-2 50 foot ice reefers. Tony, any opinion?
Tim O'Connor
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=1942+train+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1942%2Btrain%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D984%26bih%3D476%26tbs%3Disch:10,362&imgurl=e52a0aa6318f269e
The car in question is a PFE reefer. The markings in question are blocks for the repack stencils; note the repack stencil in the lower block.
Please get this straight - they're not "re-painted" marks - in this case, they're repack stencils.
Ben Hom
Tim,
Aren't the R-30-12/13/-18 also in the mix as they were newly rebuilt in 1942?
Regards
Bruce Smith
Auburn, AL
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Aren't the R-30-12/13/-18 also in the mix as they were newly rebuilt in 1942?
Regards
Bruce Smith
Auburn, AL
On Aug 27, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote:
What intrigues me is the steel end -- at least it appears to be
a steel end. I think the only steel ended PFE wood sheathed reefers
in 1942 would be the R-70-2 50 foot ice reefers. Tony, any opinion?
Tim O'Connorhttp://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=1942+train +source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1942%2Btrain%2Bsource:life%26hl% 3Den%26biw%3D984%26bih%3D476%26tbs%3Disch: 10,362&imgurl=e52a0aa6318f269e
The car in question is a PFE reefer. The markings in question are blocks for the repack stencils; note the repack stencil in the lower block.
Please get this straight - they're not "re-painted" marks - in this case, they're repack stencils.
Ben Hom
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Bruce
Yes, the R-30-18's began to be rebuilt in 1942. The -12/-13's
were fodder for other rebuild programs including -18's.
Tim O'
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Yes, the R-30-18's began to be rebuilt in 1942. The -12/-13's
were fodder for other rebuild programs including -18's.
Tim O'
Aren't the R-30-12/13/-18 also in the mix as they were newly rebuilt
in 1942?
Regards
Bruce Smith
Auburn, AL
On Aug 27, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote:What intrigues me is the steel end -- at least it appears to be
a steel end. I think the only steel ended PFE wood sheathed reefers
in 1942 would be the R-70-2 50 foot ice reefers. Tony, any opinion?
Tim O'Connor