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Ed Kapuscinski

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Silver Swift Reefers
« on: July 22, 2021, 04:04:25 PM »
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I've been reviewing the collection and realized I have two different 50' Silver Swifts Premium reefers (one Bachmann and one Atlas) that I've accumulated over the years.

Finding proto photos has been tough.

Anyone have a good source or info on these cars?
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2021, 04:32:57 PM »
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2021, 04:40:27 PM »
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2021, 04:49:37 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on July 22, 2021, 04:40:27 PM
So... who want's dinner out of this thing?
http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=srlx25024&o=srlx

Mmmmm.

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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2021, 05:02:22 PM »
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I really wish someone would sell a kit or r2r version of the 40' General American steel reefer.
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2021, 05:18:57 PM »
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Quote from: Mark5 on July 22, 2021, 04:32:57 PM
I don't know how accurate this is but apparently the silver scheme appeared in 1958:

This might be a 50 footer:
http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=srlx4&o=srlx

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I think that's a 40' car.
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2021, 06:06:54 PM »
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Quote from: wazzou on July 22, 2021, 05:18:57 PM
I think that's a 40' car.

Probably right about that.

There is an article about Swift in the Feb 1993 RMJ, but it does not cover any series as low as "4"  :D

http://magazine.trainlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rmj_199302.pdf

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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2021, 01:51:33 AM »
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The inside length is 35’2” according to the photo, so probably a 40’ mechanical reefer.
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2021, 05:54:43 AM »
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« Last Edit: July 23, 2021, 05:56:35 AM by Point353 »
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2021, 11:39:12 AM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on July 22, 2021, 04:40:27 PM
So... who want's dinner out of this thing?
http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=srlx25024&o=srlx


Something tells me that car is sitting in a to be rehabbed line at some museum somewhere.
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2021, 11:49:52 AM »
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2021, 12:33:50 PM »
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The mechanical reefers have characteristics of being rebuilds, like they're the product of combining two 40' or smaller cars.  The majority of the body is rivetted and the areas around the door seem like a wholly different construction approach, and those ends and the car height seem a little pre-mech reefer era (no historical treatises on reefer design, please).
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2021, 12:52:24 PM »
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Quote from: Sokramiketes on July 23, 2021, 11:49:52 AM
Would be a fun project to cut down the height of the MTL car to get the right look.

The MTL 50' express reefer might be a better starting point if you were up for adding louvers.





I picked up a bunch of shells to see if I could get a Rath 50' car from them.

Th 40' mechanicals have been on my wish list for a long time.  Someday I hope to get out the the Lakeshore Museum and get measurements and photos.

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« Last Edit: July 23, 2021, 12:54:57 PM by wcfn100 »
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2021, 04:36:07 PM »
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The SRLX 25000 series are 60' cars.
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Re: Silver Swift Reefers
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2021, 04:40:42 PM »
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Quote from: sirenwerks on July 23, 2021, 12:33:50 PM
The mechanical reefers have characteristics of being rebuilds, like they're the product of combining two 40' or smaller cars.

They took forty foot cars and spliced another 20' into the middle to make 60' cars (see the RMJ article I linked to above).
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