Rupert,
I believe WFE was owned by the BN but I'm not 100% on this. WFE did have
facilities in major yards like the one at Galesburg to service these cars
right up to the present. I have someone that can give a difinitive answer.
I'll have to send him an email.
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rupert and Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] National Car Co.
> 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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