Kevin’s Komments 11/19/2024

Billboard Reefers We’ve covered this topic a couple times, however, Pinterest has decided that I like billboard reefers and hence has sent a slew of pics!  Quick review:  Billboard reefers were essentially banned in 1937.  (Check out this link from Model Railroader for a great explanation of what and why:  https://www.trains.com/mrr/beginners/ask-trains/billboard-reefer-cars-outlawed/ )  A few of …
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Kevin’s Komments 11/01/2024

Locomotive Classes Danny mentioned several weeks ago that he was often confused about locomotive classes. His comment was that he understood the Whyte designation (4-4-0, 2-8-2, 4-6-2,…), but when classes were mentioned, he was at a loss to picture the locomotive. That’s okay! Class designations were specific to the individual railroads. So unless you study …
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