On Feb 9, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
Richard, are you sure about the TRSX (not TRNX)? Although the car has 4-courses like the Tk-M, the builder photos make it look much longer. I would have guessed the car in the photo is a 10k or at most a 12k tank car.
The angle from which it's viewed is deceptive, Tim. It's certainly a larger car than 10K or 12K. Some details don't match the Tk-M class as built (e.g. single tank bands), but given the extreme age of the car when photographed, that's hardly conclusive. GATC built similar large (for that era) tank cars as diesel fuel cars for a number of RRs in the '40s, and it could be one of those,
