Bob, You know Kinsman made that X23 reefer kit in a double kit, a Dry Ice reefer and a PRR/ express company reefer.
gale hall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Frascella" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 3:39 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} X29d >I think the X29d is a good choice. It's a great late transition era car >and > though I model 1956, a few of these in new paint would suite me just fine. > > A really neat car to do would be the X-23 boxcar. It was a unique boxcar > because on most of them the doors slid to the left instead of the > right. Though it's much older, many of them hung around in work train > service til the 70's. They were wood sided cars with stamped metal > diagonal > bracing. The Pennsy used the same basic carbody design to construct > reefers > as well. And, many of them were even converted to cabooses with bay > windows > and porthole type windows. So, one basic body could yield a multitude of > versions of the car. > > Bob Frascella > Wenham, MA > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Bill Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> All, >> >> The X29d was "new" in 1955. It is Shadow Keystone scheme only to the best >> of my knowledge. IIRC, some parts of previous X29 were recycled, but >> mostly >> a new box was built. This would be 1 of the last cars I could use and >> stay >> in my era. >> >> I have photos all the way up to X29L..... >> >> Thank You, >> Bill Lane >> >> Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 >> >> See my finished models at: >> http://www.lanestrains.com >> Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! >> >> Custom Train Parts Design >> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm >> >> PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded >> (Trading is MUCH preferred) >> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls >> >> ***Join the PRR T&HS*** >> The other members are not ALL like me! >> http://www.prrths.com >> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf >> >> Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society >> It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com >> Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
