Santa
Fe Reefers
For transition era modelers
| Class |
1951 |
1953 | Note
| Kit |
| RR-06, 07, 12 | 540
| 187 | Wood
side & end, vertical brake | Sunshine
16.1, 2 (discontinued) | | RR-08,
09, 11 | 1241 |
538 | Wood
side & end, Ajax brake | Sunshine
16.1, 2 (discontinued) | | RR-18
| 153 |
148 |
Wood side & end | |
| RR-19, 23, 25, 27, 28,
32 | 3811 |
3616± | Steel
rebuilt | Intermountain,
C&BT (out of production) | | RR-21
| 493 |
491 | Steel
rebuilt | Sunshine 28.1, 2, 3 |
| RR-22, 42 | 200
| 195 | 50'
All steel | | | RR-26
| 10 |
10 |
50' wood, steel ends | |
| RR-29 | 296 |
294 |
Nearly identical to RR-21 except ends | Sunshine
28.4, 5, 6 | | RR-30 |
98 | 98
| 50' steel | |
| RR-31 | 48
| 47 | 50'
steel, mechanical reefer | |
| RR-33 | 492
| 490±
| Steel w/Dreadnaught & W posts | C&BT
(out of production) | | RR-34
| 1463 |
1450 | Steel | C&BT
(out of production) | | RR-35
| 327 |
326 | | C&BT
(out of production) | | RR-36
| 355 |
354 | | C&BT
(out of production) | | RR-37
| 75 |
75 | 50',
wood side, steel roof | |
| RR-39, 40 | 659
| 656± | | C&BT
(out of production) | | RR-42
| 100 |
98 |
50', steel | | | RR-43
| 759 |
750± | | C&BT
(out of production) | | RR-44
| 347 |
344 |
| | | RR-45,
46 | 1383 |
1370± |
Running boards differ | C&BT (out
of production) | | RR-48
| 559
| 559 | Sliding
plug door | |
| RR-49 | 500
| 495±
| Ice hatch reversed, Sliding
plug door | Sunshine 43.2 |
| RR-20 | 3 |
3 |
Dry Ice, rebuilt 1949 | Sunshine 16.3,
(discontinued) | | IE-14 |
297 | 296 | 115000-299
Series 36' Ice Car | Sunshine W2.1, 2 |
| IE-X | |
| Ice
Car (blt. 1953) | Westerfield 3701 |
| IE-X | |
| Salt
Car (blt. 1953) | Westerfield 3702 |
C&BT made kits of the RR-19 group several years
ago. Even though CB&T are our of production, their kits may still be on shelves
and are reportedly still available through Walthers. The Intermountain kits are
superior in every way. Just about everything except the body needs to be replaced
with Intermountain parts. The main problem with the cars is the roof; it's three
inches too high, but more egregious, it's nine inches too wide. To fix, you have
to remove the excess width, and then lower the roof. However there are 9 different
bodies covering many more variations than can be done with the Intermountain kit.
Versions were made to do the RR-33,34; RR-35,36,39,40; RR-43; RR-45,46; as well
as the versions that can be done with the IM kit. And there are plug door variations
of the preceding versions too. Articles include Richard Hendrickson's piece in
the November 1994 Railmodel Journal and Andy Sperandeo's review of in the
January 1993, MR. For Earlier times: For
later time frames: - RR-47,
52: Sunshine 43.1
- RR-49, 53: Sunshine 43.2
-
RR-50, 51, 53: Sunshine 43.3
- RR-55:
Sunshine 43.4
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