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Reefers for frozen fish. (GN express Reefer)
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I found this photo from an unknown source, showing a GN express reefer apparently being used to ship fish.
Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Bob
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the quest for your photo led me to this one... :-) http://digital.denverlibrary.org/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=p15330coll22&CISOPTR=55050&action=2&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=3598&DMHEIGHT=2071
I found this photo from an unknown source, showing a GN express reefer apparently being used to ship fish. --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Tim,
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No BUILT date stencil on that car! Weird.
Regards Bruce
Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."
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It is odd. WFEX series 67895-67944 were built in 1936. They were rebuilt in the later 1950's with electric fans. Tim
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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7-51 isn’t it?
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Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)
On Nov 28, 2018, at 3:55 PM, Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote:
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rwitt_2000
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 05:33 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote:
It is odd. WFEX series 67895-67944 were built in 1936. They were rebuilt in theAfter blowing up the images I found the built date and the builder stenciled on the air reservoir [see attached]. Bob Witt
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Bob
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That's the brake service date - "LT" probably means "lube & test" in that context. The general shop date stencil is for 1951 as well, but this is clearly a car built in the 1930's.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 05:33 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Dennis Storzek
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 05:39 PM, rwitt_2000 wrote:
After blowing up the images I found the built date and the builder stenciled on the air reservoir [see attached].Not quite. The date stenciled on the air brake reservoir is the date of last periodic air brake servicing (which would become Clean, Oil, Test, & Stencil at some point in the future). PLT is Plattsmouth, Nebraska, where the BREX fleet was maintained; likely other cars in the FGEX family also. The simply is no built date stenciled on this side of the car for whatever reason. Dennis Storzek
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Walter
Looks like PLT - - BREX
PLT could be the BRE’s Plattsmouth, NE shops. Lenny Ohrnell
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Brian, That's the reweigh date, and of corse the brakes and brake reservoir was checked and the bearings repacked at the same time.
Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of BRIAN PAUL EHNI <bpehni@...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 6:48 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Reefers for frozen fish. (GN express Reefer) 7-51 isn’t it?
Thanks!
Brian Ehni
(Sent from my iPhone)
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Everything points to the car being repainted and
serviced in July 1951. (There is another date in the upper left hand
corner of the side, where painting dates are often stenciled.) Someone
forgot the built date stencil and the car was still pretty fresh when Otto Perry
photographed it in Denver the same month.
Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dennis Storzek Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 8:04 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Reefers for frozen fish. (GN express Reefer) After blowing up the images I found the built date and the builder stenciled on the air reservoir [see attached].Not quite. The date stenciled on the air brake reservoir is the date of last periodic air brake servicing (which would become Clean, Oil, Test, & Stencil at some point in the future). PLT is Plattsmouth, Nebraska, where the BREX fleet was maintained; likely other cars in the FGEX family also. The simply is no built date stenciled on this side of the car for whatever reason. Dennis Storzek
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