Ken
Thanks for this response and the data. Was Western Fruit Express actually
owned by BN?
I asked Lenny about the meat rails and he thought that they were still
there.
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken T." <KTHOMPSON4@wi.rr.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] National Car Co.
> Rupert,
>
> The BRMX cars were lettered right into the "BNFE "series of cars in the
> early 70's. They received BNFE reporting marks, but kepth their original
> numbers. My Jan. 30, 1974 lists these mechancal reefers in the BNFE
> series
> 5100 to 5149 as having 48 cars in the series and are shown as being RPM's.
> 5150 to 5199 as RPL's with moveable bulkheads with 50 cars in the series.
> 5200 to 5299 as RPM's with 93 cars in the series.
> 5300 to 5399 as RPL's with moveable bulkheads with 93 cars in the series.
>
> Cars with BRCX, BREX, MNX, RBBX, RBWX, WFBX, WFCX, WFEX, WFMX, WHIX and
> WOBX
> are all under WESTERN FRUIT EXPRESS COMPANY ownership at the time the
> above
> ORER was published.
>
> In the MNX series it shows 132 cars still in service in number series 2114
> to 2443. These cars are classified as AAR Mech. Designation "RSM" or
> bunker
> refrigerator, similar to "RS" but equipped with beef rails.
>
> This is a timely thread for me as I model the BN Peoria Sub. in 1974. I
> have a couple of MNX bunker reefers in my roster and was wondering if they
> should have been retired by that time or not since they had been meat
> service cars. I'd also like to know if the meat rails were removed when
> put
> into service hauling "spuds". I hope Lenny can answer that for us.
>
> As I recall, Lenny once told me that he saw some of these ice bunker
> reefers
> passing through Peoria on their way to eastern points when he filled in
> for
> the regular WFE agent when that person would be on vacation, so perhaps
> I'm
> justified in running some of those old MNX cars in potatoe service.
>
> Ken Thompson
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rupert and Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
> To: <CBQ@YahooGroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:08 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] National Car Co.
>
>
>> Does anyone know what happened in 1970 when BN was formed to the
> Burlington's reefers MNX 1700-2443 that were operated as National Car Co.
> cars from 1949 onwards? Bulletin 12 shows that almost all of them were
> still on the roster in January 1969 but they are not listed in a September
> 1970 BN equipment list with other Burlington Refrigerator Express cars.
>>
>> Also can anyone advise if these cars were actually leased to National Car
> by either CB&Q or BRE, or was it some other financial arrangement?
>>
>> Finally, was ownership of the BREX/WFEX organisation taken over BN in
>> 1970
> and what happened to the BREX, BRMX, RBBX, etc. cars?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rupert Gamlen
>> Auckland NZ
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