Santa Fe Reefer Train With Unusual Power
Santa Fe Reefer Train With Unusual Power Here is the link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joemcmillan118/26792650974/in/album-72157689448641435/ (
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Bob Chaparro
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#7824
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Re: Notes On PFE Reefers
Comments from Eric Lombard... I see no one provides definitive information about this interesting question. Perhaps because no such rule occurred. I will take a stab at a non-definitive and
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Bob Chaparro
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#7823
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Photo: SFRD Reefer 6719
Photo: SFRD Reefer 6719 A link courtesy of Brian Rochon... http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-10-19/X4544.jpg (
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Bob Chaparro
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#7822
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Model: SFRD Rr-X Reefer
Model: SFRD Rr-X Reefer This is a link to a Jon Pansius HO scale model of SFRD 17019, a Class Rr-X reefer:
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Bob Chaparro
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#7821
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The Tustin Branch
The Tustin Branch Southern Pacific's Tustin Branch has a noteworthy history in the citrus industry. Portions of it would make good modeling subjects. Here are some notes on the Tustin Branch posted by
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Bob Chaparro
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#7820
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Re: Notes On PFE Reefers
Was there a point in time at which ladders became mandatory for rolling stock in interchange service replacing individual grab irons for car roof access? Loose or poorly maintained grab irons on wood
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Ken Adams
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#7819
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Notes On PFE Reefers
Notes On PFE Reefers Here is a post from Ted Culotta's excellent Proto Topic blog on PFE reefers. Photos are included, including a PFE-WP reefer photo.
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Bob Chaparro
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#7818
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Photos: PFE Reefers At Chula Vista
Photos: PFE Reefers At Chula Vista This is a link to Ted Culotta's excellent Prototype Railroad Topics blog from December 3:
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Bob Chaparro
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#7817
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Re: Photo: PFE Reefers
Two comments from others who saw this photo: "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
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Bob Chaparro
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#7816
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Re: Photo: PFE Reefers
The reefer on the left.? Never seen anything so filthy.? BUT, the UP herald is clean! Bill Jolitz
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Bill J.
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#7815
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Photo: PFE Reefers
Photo: PFE Reefers This is link to a 1928 photo from the collection of the University of Utah : https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xd39nd (
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Bob Chaparro
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#7814
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Re: Photo: Icing Platform At Grand Junction, CO
I believe it was a Western Railways Ice Co. facility. The ice houses at Minturn and East Yard Alamosa were Western Railways Ice Co. Mark Hemphill
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Mark Hemphill
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#7813
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Re: Photo: Icing Platform At Grand Junction, CO
Looks like it could ice what - 50 cars at a time?
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Bill Parks
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#7812
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Photo: Icing Platform At Grand Junction, CO
Photo: Icing Platform At Grand Junction , CO This is link to a 1938 photo from the collection of the University of Utah : https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jq3394 (
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Bob Chaparro
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PFE Reweigh Stencil
PFE Reweigh Stencil This is link to a photo from the collection of the University of Utah : https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ww7s32 ( https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ww7s32
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Bob Chaparro
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#7810
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Re: Load Of Pecan Pieces
Pecans will o rancid if left sealed, faster in warm conditions, even more in Summer's heat.? Reefers for shipping pecans makes good sense.
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frubes
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#7809
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Re: Load Of Pecan Pieces
refers probably offered better protection and shipping enviroment mel perry [email protected]> wrote:
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mel perry
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#7808
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Re: Load Of Pecan Pieces
Thanks, Chief Bob! Pecan pieces, who woulda' thunk? Another destination for reefers!? Now I wonder how raisins were shipped.? A photo at Sun Maid showed box cars. but that was probably in Summer.?
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Bill J.
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#7807
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Load Of Pecan Pieces
Load Of Pecan Pieces This is link to a 1927 photo from the collection of the University of Utah : https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jq397q (
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Bob Chaparro
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#7806
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Re: Photo: Reefer Train
To help date the picture, the car is a 1950 Chrysler Windsor - Unfortunately, I'm not good at identifying steam engines, but I can tell a car by it's grill :)
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Bill Parks
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#7805
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