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URTX-Morris Rifkin & Son #5348 |
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Built by General American Transportation Company in 1941. |
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7/29/2008 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:59:09 PM |
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Union, IL |
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Tim Fennell |
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URTX-Morris Rifkin & Son #5348 |
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5/24/2009 Upload Date: 5/31/2009 12:49:52 AM |
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Union, IL |
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Tim Fennell |
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URTX #5348 |
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This car is on the to be scrapped list due the heavy deterioration. lettered for lessee Morris Rifkin & Son. (Update: A recent article in IRM's Magazine (Rail & Wire Issue 247 page 34, 35) indicates this car may yet be saved. According to Tom Schneider's article, "The estimated cost to restore 5348 is $30,000. This is for new siding and ends of Douglas fir, steel channels and angles, nails, screws, bolts, rivets, painting and lettering." |
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4/12/2015 Upload Date: 5/22/2015 8:13:12 AM |
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Union, IL |
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Tim Fennell |
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Union Refrigerator Transit #5348 |
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Dying the slow death. Can it be saved? Rail & Wire (IRM's Magazine) has started the effort to save this historic meat reefer. According to Tom Schneider's article, "The estimated cost to restore 5348 is $30,000. This is for new siding and ends of Douglas fir, steel channels and angles, nails, screws, bolts, rivets, painting and lettering." |
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9/5/2015 Upload Date: 9/7/2015 6:32:24 PM |
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Union, IL |
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Tim Fennell |
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Union Refrigerator Transit #5348 |
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Can it be saved? Rail & Wire (IRM's Magazine) has started the effort to save this historic meat reefer. According to Tom Schneider's article, "The estimated cost to restore 5348 is $30,000. This is for new siding and ends of Douglas fir, steel channels and angles, nails, screws, bolts, rivets, painting and lettering." "If you would be interested in helping this project... donations can be made thru the office for the URTX 5348 project." |
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4/16/2016 Upload Date: 4/21/2016 5:24:48 PM |
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Union, IL |
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Tim Fennell |
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End of the Line / Twilight of a Reefer |
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6/21/2021 Upload Date: 6/24/2021 3:24:51 AM |
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Union, IL |
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Tim Fennell |
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| Title: |
End of the Line / Twilight of a Reefer |
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6/21/2021 Upload Date: 6/24/2021 3:26:04 AM |
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Union, IL |
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Tim Fennell |
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