Bruce, There were plenty of straight flats with enough capacity available at the time to carry these tanks. I'm not sure if the Magors had arrived yet, but the 39095 series appears to me to have been

John, Agree with everything you wrote. But if they tried shipping that tank with the barrel elevated like that they may have some clearnace issues! Would be interested to see what you turn up from

When I was stationed at Fort Eustis in 1972 there was a substantial amount of equipment configured for European service -- buffers, screw couplers, low clearance cabs, etc. This was for training

Folks, A little digging on the web page where the original photo was shown at: http://en.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/title/T43/t/1381 gives a very nice history of the development of this series of tanks

---In STMFC@..., <Edwardsutorik@...> wrote : "I was wondering if the car could have been in foreign service at the time of the photo. And perhaps it was. But as I noted in my just submitted

I notice that the photo of the tank on the DC flat has the cannon elevated about the same amount as in the link belowŠ Just an observation. I would agree with the revised possible date span as

Ed, I think you're right and this is a tank in its development and testing stage. Of course, if that's the case the photo could date from anytime from the late 1940s through 1957-58 when the tank

I guess it's actually not that hard to get a tank off a depressed center flatcar (or something similar): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/M103_Coleman_Barracks.jpg It is, after all,

I was wondering if the car could have been in foreign service at the time of the photo. And perhaps it was. But as I noted in my just submitted comments, the tank looks to me to be in "pre-release"

Following on, the photo has the appearance of being taken to show how nicely the tank fit the existing "overseas service" flatcars. I suspect this was a staged photo for just this purpose, not a photo

Bill, Since no one has chimed in on this, I will tell you what little I know about this. I've collected Monon photos for about 15 years and have never come across photos of the cars you are

Re: the tank I believe that, at the time of the photo, the tank was called a T43E1. They were built in 1953-1954. They were re-classified M103's in April 1956. I have this belief because: The

Hello Don, No advantage, only the enjoyment of the build. I enjoy the build and detailing of a plastic car just as a resin car. I find if a plastic car is correct and detailed to the same level as

Gene, Thank you for providing a reference to document what I have observed over the last 50 years. Photos of WWII equipment so marked abound with stuff moving to Europe and never listed in the

I haveuploaded some documents found at the Minnesota Historical Society in theNorthern Pacific Co files. These are AARdocuments and the desk staff on site OK'd these of any copyright

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Refrigerator Cars for Box Cars /Service Order

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Gene; There is a gentleman in southern California that has handbrake assemblies hung all over his back yard fencing, but as far as I know, they were never

I find the trucks interesting. Look like Buckeyes but with outboard bolster bearings for stability. It's been a looooong time since I've been around one of those tanks but it does not look ready for

Why are you puzzled it's "USA" and not "USAX?" "USA" was a valid reporting mark assigned to the United States Army. As was "USAX." As far as I know they're still considered valid reporting marks by

That¹s an M103 heavy tank. Since it was deployed in 1957, this just qualifies as STMFC material. LOL! Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Reply-To: STMFC List