One of the Kalmbach books about layout construction by John Armstrong had a photo of the M&stL yard at Peoria, IL in 1946 with an ice house in the photo. I can't remember the name of the publication, but I might have it around here in my "uncatalogued" archives somewhere
boB Nicholson --- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > There are a number of ways to ice a reefer. Short of a full platform > > facility <snip> > > I used to have a photo of a truck loaded with ice blocks parked beneath a > small overhead crane. A single reefer was on the track which was also > beneath the crane. The blocks of ice were hoisted off the truck and carried > over to the reefer one at a time and then lowered down into the bunker. Not > fast, but it worked. I think the locale was Utica, NY in the early 1950s. > It is an easy scene to duplicate on a small layout. Ed Loizeaux > ------------------------------------ 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/
