Dear Jim, I have the book, but did not consult. My fault. I thought they were the rebuilt cars. On another note, Mike called yesterday and during the conversation asked how you were doing... Don PS How are you doing in the new job?
On Dec 1, 2011, at 9:56 PM, raisinone wrote: > 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] > > > > [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/
