Re: Cimarron 27' Tiffany Reefer

Posted by Jim Courtney on Aug 14, 2022; 3:06am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Cimarron-27-Tiffany-Reefer-tp14345p17961.html

Hey Lee,

FWIW, here is my interpretation of the underside of the Tiffany reefers, based on the hi-res photos that Todd Hackett posted of the Washington Spur wreck. http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Caboose-numbers-quickly-diverged-to-Tiffany-Reefers-td6376.html





I'm building two Tiffanies from Leadville Shops Sn3 kits. The floor has been mounted to the bottom of the frame, to represent insulated cars with floors above and below the frame sills, so the tension rods aren't visible.

By the late 1890s, angled grab irons had been installed on the ends:




The two large NBW on the buffer block represent the ends of the tension rods that ran just next to the center sills.