Don: Looks like our messages crossed in the ether... The Rock Island Color Guide indicates these were new cars and the photo clearly shows a built date of "9-60" for CRIX 2268. There was another group of "RB Series" CRIX cars that were lettered the same but definitely rebuilds. They were numbered 20500 - 20599. If you can get a copy of the RI Color Guide, check out pages 52 and 54.
Bob, I would think an RI guy like you would have a copy of the book! Jim Kindraka --- In [email protected], Don Thompson <don@...> wrote: > > Dear Bob, > That might be the rebuilt date. These were wooden reefers that were > rebuilt with steel sides. I thought I saw the telltale horz. belt rail on > the sides were the seam for the steel sheets were riveted. I saw an article > about building these for the ART and had toyed with the idea of coming out > with this model as there are tons of paint schemes that can be applied. > Another plus is that these lasted until the end of stage ice reefers. > Don > > > On Dec 1, 2011, at 9:11 PM, shabbona_rr wrote: > > > Pieter: > > > > Without checking, I believe the build dates on the Rock Island C.R.I.X. > > cars is mid-fifties to early sixties. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
