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SLRX Press Release

The Mid-Continent Region (of NMRA) is offering as its current car project a set of six 40' wood refrigerator car kits lettered for the St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company. The cars are produced by Accurail and include trucks and Accumate couplers. Car numbers in this set are 4265, 4317, 4280, 4302, 4894, and 4836 and unique to this project.

St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company was established in 1878 by Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company to transport its products across the U. S.  At its peak about 1920 the reefer fleet was made up of over 5000 cars. The build date on these cars is 10-42. The cars are priced at $25.00 for one car, $24.50 each for two cars, $24.00 each for four cars and $23.00 each for all six cars. Shipping is USPS flat rate based on the number of cars ordered. 

To order contact:  http://www.mcor-nmra.org/Regional-Car-Kit.php

JIM ELY, MMR

I received word from George Sevier this morning that Jim Ely suffered several minor heart attacks on May 16th. He was notified by Jim's son that Jim was being moved into an assisted living facility. I don't have any information on which facility. 

Randy Lee, President Denver HO Model Railroad Club, Inc. 

http://www.denverhomodelrrclub.org/

 QUILT RAFFLE

Here are some photos of the custom quilt made for a raffle at the 2016 Regional Convention at the Hotel Elegante in October.

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