Re: Photo: Reefer Train
A great photo thank you for sharing Paul Doggett. England ???????
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Paul Doggett
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#7800
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Re: Photo: Reefer Train
He was one of the great photojournalists of the Life Magazine era. Bill Jolitz
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Bill J.
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#7799
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Photo: Reefer Train
Photo: Reefer Train A UP steam locomotive with a block of reefers in Wyoming. Note the snow fence to the right of the photo. This photo was taken by Elliott Erwitt, who is known for his artistic
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Bob Chaparro
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#7798
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Re: Refrigerator Car Tags
Thanx for all the info. I will study your Patch website. hope things are progressing downstairs. Lou
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Louis Adler
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#7797
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Re: Refrigerator Car Tags
That's page 41, not 4, of the 2012 Great Model Railroads. There's also information on my virtually stagnant Patch website at: http://www.patchrailroad.net/The_Patch/Patch_Operations.html Keith Jordan
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Keith Jordan
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Re: Refrigerator Car Tags
Route Cards Tony Thompson noted that on PFE reefers a common location for route cards was near the door. Another common location was near the bolster at the bottom of the car side on wood-sheathed
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Bob Chaparro
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#7795
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Re: Refrigerator Car Tags
Bob and Others, Thanks for posting these. I use car tags for car switching/forwarding on my Patch layout, set in Los Angeles. I was able to locate several prototype Santa Fe tags, along with zone
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Keith Jordan
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Refrigerator Car Tags
Refrigerator Car Tags Below is a collection of refrigerator car tags from the collection of Ralph Heiss. Based on the known size of the smaller numbered route cards the larger cards are not as large
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Bob Chaparro
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Weathering A Reefer
Weathering A Reefer A post from Ralph Heiss' Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal Railway on weathering a reefer with PanPastel medial and an artist's pencil:
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Bob Chaparro
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Photo: SFRD 35361
Photo: SFRD 35361 Photo of a Class Rr-28 reefer with straight line map:
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Bob Chaparro
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Re: Reefer Trip Factoid
I misspoke by equating demurrage with per diem. While they both represent charges by a railroad for others use of their equipment, they specifically differ as follows: Demurrage - A penalty charge
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Bob Chaparro
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Re: Reefer Trip Factoid
These numbers are even more impressive when one factors in the seasonal nature of PFE business. Are these round trips? It¡¯s been stated that PFE was more concerned with having an empty car returned
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Bruce Hendrick
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Re: Reefer Trip Factoid
Bob, That¡¯s very interesting information. There certainly must have been a lot of cars sitting in yards waiting for a call to duty and I suppose still are. There are strings of them sitting on
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Wolfgram, Diane
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#7787
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Reefer Trip Factoid
Reefer Trip Factoid A Tony Thompson observation... "...most freight cars averaged less than nine trips PER YEAR...PFE was proud that its cars averaged between ten and eleven round trips per year,
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Bob Chaparro
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Simulating Caboose & Reefer Operations On Cajon Pass
Simulating Caboose & Reefer Operations On Cajon Pass In 2015 I had the pleasure of visiting Jon Harrison's HO scale railroad in Portland , OR , during the NMRA National Convention. Jon models the
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Bob Chaparro
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Intermountain HO Scale SFRD Reefer Kits
Intermountain HO Scale SFRD Reefer Kits A few days ago, Intermountain confirmed production of an undecorated SFRD reefer kit. The kit number is 41199 and the price will $19.95, The car has a steel
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Bob Chaparro
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Still Belong To Other Yahoo Railroad Groups?
Still Belong To Other Yahoo Railroad Groups? Our transition to Groups.io from Yahoo is complete and I welcome our new members. As far as I can determine, all the Yahoo message archives, files and
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Bob Chaparro
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Chicago's Commission Row - Wholesale Produce and Grocery Dealers
Chicago 's Commission Row - Wholesale Produce and Grocery Dealers The text below is taken from the document, Landmark Designation Report, adopted by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, May 13, 2015.
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Bob Chaparro
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Reefer Operations At The Highland Park Society Of Railroad Engineers
Reefer Operations At The Highland Park Society Of Railroad Engineers This HO scale club in San Gabriel operates the Highland Pacific Railroad. They constructed a railroad empire with 3,500 feet of
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Bob Chaparro
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Re: Corona Model Railroad Society Open House
High praise indeed, Diane! I¡¯ve long admired your N Scale work online. Out-of-State members who find themselves in Southern California in the future will note from cmrsclub.com that we are open
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Bruce Hendrick
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#730
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