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B. Moyers

June 20, 2005 10:05PM

The flying "Rio Grande" was actually not that rare on the 40 foot reefers. In fact at the end, most had it. I remember seeing them lined up in Alamosa in the sixties. The three reefers that the states bought for the C&TS had the flying "Rio Grande". As I remember, most had been painted in 1955-56, and the paint was in relatively good shape at the end in 1968. I suspect that they were some of the last narrow gauge freight cars that the D&RGW painted.

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40' Reefer Speed Lettering Confirmed Sighting	Mike Trent	June 20, 2005 09:51PM
Re: 40' Reefer Speed Lettering Confirmed Sighting	B. Moyers	June 20, 2005 10:05PM
Re: 40' Reefer Speed Lettering Confirmed Sighting	Mike Trent	June 20, 2005 10:27PM
Re: 40' Reefer Speed Lettering Confirmed Sighting	B. Moyers	June 20, 2005 10:54PM
Re: 40' Reefer Speed Lettering Confirmed Sighting	B. Moyers	June 20, 2005 10:59PM
Re: 40' Reefer Speed Lettering Confirmed Sighting	fritz Klinke	June 20, 2005 11:46PM
Re: Ice distribution	Rod Jensen	June 20, 2005 11:30PM
Re: 40' Reefer Speed Lettering Confirmed Sighting	Dave G	June 21, 2005 09:09AM
Re: 40' Reefer Speed Lettering Confirmed Sighting	Taylor Rush	June 20, 2005 10:28PM
Re: 40' Reefer Speed Lettering Confirmed Sighting LINK	John West	June 21, 2005 12:33AM
Thanks All. Case Closed.	Mike Trent	June 21, 2005 07:36PM
Re: Thanks All. Case Closed.	John West	June 21, 2005 10:22PM

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