desism_ktc Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Bored again and that gets me to thinking about things. As an old school NYC subway vet from the 80's, I consider myself a newjack to this freight world and am starting to expand my appreciation of certain cars or lines exclusive to these freights. If I had to pick-my favorite would be Simplots (followed by Pan Am MEC's). Why Simplot's? Maybe because they remind me of the flat white IRT's of the 2's and 5's that I pieced back in the day. The J. R. Simplot Company, commonly referred to as Simplot, was founded in 1923 by 14-year-old J. R. Simplot near the small agricultural community of Declo in south central Idaho. J. R. Simplot led his company to tremendous growth in the period between its founding and World War II. The business truly flourished when it sold millions of pounds of dehydrated onions and potatoes to the U.S. military during the war. Perhaps the most important and defining feature of the Simplot company was the invention by one of Simplot's chemists, Ray L. Dunlap, of the necessary processes to produce quality frozen french fries. By the early 1960s it was the primary supplier of french fries to McDonald's; by 2005 it supplied more than half of all french fries for the fast food chain. Simplot also produces fertilizers for agriculture. John Richard "Jack" Simplot (born January 4, 1909) is the founder of the J. R. Simplot Company, an agricultural supplier specializing in french fries. In 2006 he was estimated to be the 80th richest person in America, with $3.2 billion. At 98, he is the oldest living billionaire on the Forbes 400. I have seen writers, crews and cities have thier own thread so this might be the first car type to have it's own thread on here. So post Simplot's..I raided some railfan sites to get this going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RAWoNe Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 fuckin flat, white, delicious canvases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokstar Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Awesome. Oil Silk Buick Skupe Gs1 Skem unfinished River Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steveparesucksgasm Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 its funny, i was just jacking flicks of these yesterday. 27 on both sides of the first one, sickkkkkkk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Maker Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 i would love to see one of these bad boys in my yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desism_ktc Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 from what I know, these travel a lot..I hit one on the east coast and tracked it through Indiana, Florida, Minnesota to Idaho within three weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth loves chunk Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 the only one i've ever caught: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boltcutter Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Personally prefer Troppies and BNSF/TILX icicles when it comes to the big white elephants...but surely would paiint one of those up. Never seen one in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentone Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 mm, looks like heaven on wheels. i wish one of these would roll my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desism_ktc Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 Personally prefer Troppies and BNSF/TILX icicles when it comes to the big white elephants...but surely would paiint one of those up. Never seen one in person. Maybe it's a location thing. I don't get any Troppies here and have a couple of BNSF Icicles when I was going through Georgia, but I do have a spot for Simplots.. Plus it almost seems like it is a rare care of sorts, I am sure the BNSF Icicles and Troppies have way more cars than Simplots... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrineShrimpr Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Painted a few of these, wonder if any of the red x's could be me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Dope cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeithappennn Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Look at this poor simplot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistikFunk Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I love simplots..... I can re-post every one of those panels with straight on shots... dem der bitches roll threw here In groups of 10-20 carz daily.... lets go find some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiquan Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I have watched these white buffalo bastards from afar but never gone through the trouble to paint one. They're cool..........but.......I'll take a Cold Train or an ARMN anyday! :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=CrAzY=- Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothdk Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 yea. ol take and echo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthulu Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 never gotten one of those bad boys... I'm liking the ridgeless armn's meself... nice thread idea yo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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InE...HcA Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 very nice.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 intresting idea for a thread good work on the research if I catch any I'll post em up! thanks mr. simplot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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