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@Greg Houser posted:

That is a sharp looking car! One of the best parts of this hobby is how it allows us to relate to memories of our youth!

As for the "billboard" laws, as long as the cars were leased or owned and in captive service, the "normal billboard" rules wouldn't apply.  Dubuque Packing, Needham Packing and Pepper Packing cars ran into the 60's.  In my reality Borden's did the same thing. 

As for prototypical accuracy, I used to only buy billboard reefers if I knew they actually existed but I've since stopped and just purchased an item if I think it looks good.  I'm lucky if 1 in 100 people would notice if they see it, and if they didn't and commented I always just comment "ABC Packing" didn't have those in real life, I just liked the look.

I know the Schmidt's car is a fantasy scheme as well just from the fact there never was a Pennsylvania Refrigerator Express.

-Greg

The 1934 ICC ruling states " (F) Effective January 1, 1937, no refrigerator cars bearing advertisements of any shipper, consignee, or products will be accepted in interchange or handled locally on any railroad."  now in the late 40's early 50's some legal eagles saw a small a loop-hole.  So you could not "say" Swift Hams", "Oscar Mayer Hams" etc. but could "say" "Swift" or "Oscar Mayer" etc.  There is a great 226 page book by Richard H. Hendrickson and Edward S. Kaminski "Billboard Refrigerator Cars" that covers all of this including hundreds of pictures of the old Billboard Refers and dozens of the newer one that slip in under the loop-hole.

Ron

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