Hi Gale; Technically, the reefer version was an "R7" rather than an X23. The R7s mostly went to FGEX in the 1920s. The Matheson dry ice car was owned by FGEX subsidiery National Car. In NATX service thes cars also lasted into the 1950s, some even getting plug doors. Not bad for cars built before WWI!
Pieter Roos Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2010, at 6:38 PM, "Gale Hall" <[email protected]> wrote: 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 ------------------------------------ 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/
