hauling milk in NC in reefers with N&W reporting marks?

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Jim and Eric,
 
Thanks.  That is great info!  I don't know why I forgot to check my ORER.  Here is a shot of the entry for these cars from my 1934 ORER:
 
 
Now I have some dimensions, some images (if not exactly for the time, they give me the general arrangement), and a clear location for their use.  And quite a few documents from the Commissary to order.
 
I have to see if any existing models might have the bones of that truss arrangment or whether this would be a scratchbuilt project.
 
Thanks for all the replies.
 
Dave  

Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 10:26:57 AM, you wrote:

> Dave,

> Indeed the N&W did have some reefers, or what the NWHS Archives calls refrigerated boxcars.  Here is what is available in the archives:

> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/listdocs/select.php?index=rs&id=3066

> Here is a link to the Va Tech photo archive that shows two of the A-25 cars in a different (probably original) number series.

> https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/search.php

> These were class A-25, N&W 70000 - 70009; per the roster information I have, all ten cars show in 1935 and 1936 (earliest info I have compiled); they are off the roster as of July 1, 1937. 

> Quite the interesting find that at least two of these cars were in service!  I have never been able to figure out what they were used for.  I don't know if they made it to the Fruit Growers Express consortium.

> Hope this helps.

> Jim Brewer


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David Bott

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