Bob - Here is what I know of the irrigation questions as I relate to them, having grown up in a Tulare County orange grove, and my family having worked at...
Bob - As you know, Charlie Schultz and I are hosting the 2008 SFRH&MS Convention at the Riverside Convention Center, the week before the NMRA Convention in...
... Maybe 12-16'' diameter, 8-12 inches high ... verically ... Cliff Prather gave a good description of the furrows in between trees ... Same as in Villa PArk,...
Tony responded to my comments regarding brine holding tanks and produce on the Steam Era Freight cars list and I thought that folks here might be interested in...
I now have my wife's collection of packing labels. They include the followig brands: Parade Kaweah Maid Lofty Orchard King Radiant Lily Daisy Morning Sun ...
I'm a little bit skeptical of what Tony Thompson has said, in an e-mail copied here and also in a caption in the PFE book, that the Erie and B&O's handling of...
For those of you in O scale, Rails Unlimited has urethane models of PFE 50-foot Class R-50-1 reefers. These feature wood sides, ends and roof, steel fishbelly...
Here is some information from the BAR discussion group. Bob Chaparro Moderator ============================ In BAR-Railroad@yahoogroups.com, "fogg1703"...
I have posted in the Photo section under the Postcard title 4 photos I scanned off of an eBay auction. The pictures show PFE and SFRD reefers along with...
The City of Orange, California, has an illustrated, historical narrative on the citrus industry at http://www.cityoforange.org/localhistory/citrus/index.htm It...
An article on packing houses provided by the Fullerton Model Railroad Historical Society ( www.trainweb.com/frpa/fmrhs ) and written by frequent group...
Orange Blossom Time: The Citrus Heritage of Southern California Pasadena Museum of History Main Gallery July 23, 2005 through November 2005 From July through...
An an extensive article on "Reefer Operations on Model Railroads" by Steve Sandifer plus rosters of both wood and steel reefers is available for viewing on the...
All, I'm getting ready to scratch build a corrigated-tin packing shed. My only question is - how big were the usual sheets used for such construction (in 1950...
InterMountain has just announced production of some new Santa Fe Reefers. See their web site http://www.intermountain-railway.com/ I am a Southern Pacific...
Robert, When I worked as a tool and die maker for Soule` Steel Co here in Los Angeles, We made rolled (corrugated) steel siding in several varieties. Biggest...
Bruce Morden wrote: InterMountain has just announced production of some new Santa Fe Reefers. See their web site http://www.intermountain-railway.com/ I am a...
The Intermountain Santa Fe reefers will be available in several paint schemes representing several time periods. For those of you who want to hone-in on...
For those of you interested in the historical aspects of our group, a chronology of citrus in Riverside, California, written by Esther Klotz & Kevin B....
I received this brief recollection from Al Bostic. It reflects an era no long since passed. Bob Chaparro Moderator ========================== I was born in...
This is an edited discussion on meat and produce reefers from the Freightcars List Discussion group. ( http://sunny16.photo.tntech.edu/~richard/Freightcars/ )....
Tony Thompson says in the PFE book that PFE reefers that would otherwise have returned empty from the midwest were sometimes used to ship meat, at least as far...
Greetings from Oregon. I think the photos I posted the other day in the postcard album showing PFE and SFRD reefers being iced along with Wilson and Armour...
The following are all instances of produce reefers carrying meats. Data is taken from Inspector's record of cars received in Newberry Jct, PA 8/20/51 BP2 MDT...
Roger's list is most interesting. I believe MDT is slightly different from PFE, as NYC (MDT's parent) handled extensive meat traffic (and Newberry Jct is of...
The photos Steve posted show SFRD 37311, a type RS reefer. However, this was not a typical Santa Fe produce reefer, per se. This was an RR 30 reefer. The RR...
You are correct in stating that MDT had many cars outfitted for meat service but the specific cars filtered for the list below were NOT meat service cars but...
Hi All, Pre orders are being taken now for a new HO Scale, Citrus Packing Shed kit from Showcase Miniatures. The San Fernando Orange Association shed was a...
The following article, researched and written by Barry Christensen, is reprinted with permission. It originally appeared in the August 2005 newsletter of the...
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