--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@o...>
wrote:

On Jan 21, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Brian J Carlson wrote:

I was looking at Richard Hendrickson's article on insulated tank

cars

in the
Nov. 2005 RMJ and noted the 2 Texaco cars and the GATX former

Texaco

car had
Dalman 2 level trucks. I know making generalizations on 3
photograph's is
dangerous but were Dalman trucks common on the Texaco cars?  

Anyone

out
there have additional photo's of Texaco or GATX (former Texaco)
insulated
tank cars.

Several series of TCX cars ordered by Texaco from AC&F ca. 1929-

1930,

both insulated and non-insulated, had Dalman two level trucks. I

have

a number of photos besides the ones in the RMJ article.

Incidentally the GATX car is 37154, which is one of the number

P2k

used on
their insulated tank cars that I picked up today. Looks like

I'll

have to
add the steam coil attachment. Does anyone make an aftermarket

part

for it?

No, but it you'll make a pattern for it and mold some in resin, I'd
sure like to get a couple!

Richard Hendrickson

You might also think about making a new dome for the car,
as one can see from the builders photos of the Texaco cars
that it is the wrong size, it's larger.
For anyone interested in the new Life-Like 10k insulated
tanks, the best choices for prototype fidelity are the MPCX,
SDRX, and EORX cars. They are all very good right out of
the box, with a few minor fixes.
One has to update the wooden placard holders to the
replacement metal ones, as they did in the 40's and 50's.
Also the SDRX is a specification IV car and will require
the addition of the pressure unloading pipe on the dome,
that would take you all of 10 minutes to fix (it's showing
on the builders photo behind the safety valves). And as for
the EORX cars, they need heater coils, with the appropriate
pipes extending out between and under the bottom of the
underframe. To bad the lettering is missing the correct
heater coil test data.

Regards,

Jerry Stewart
Chicago,Ill.