Or a museum, VFW hall, or other display, or being shipped overseas to some friendly 3rd-world army. Many obsolete military vehicles end up in such places. Some (often large groups) are then shipped

There are pictures of whole battalions of M-48 tanks of Wisconsin National Guard's 32nd Infantry Division being loaded for transport to Ft. Lewis WA, October 1961 on regular MILW flats; some had 2 per

Friends, Quite a bit of military railroad equipment was distributed to museums across the country when declared surplus. Attached is what I remember as an ex-military car at the

All- If I am not mistaken I saw a couple of the 1953 era cars in back of the AMTRAK ex PRR shop back in 2005 when I was there to take photos for a client. I believe the car was lettered for AMTRAK

It might be a little misleading to think of the prototypes for the Roco model of the USAX 38000 series as a 60's era car. The prototypes were built in 1953, but of course they were around in the 60's,

One might think that some seriously obsolete pieces might be getting donated to a VFW hall or some such. That would be an individual shipment. Chuck Peck

Plus, many weapons were exported to allies and, perhaps, one tank was cheaper for parts than components alone were. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Most of the National Guard units in my area had retired tanks or artillery pieces. I wonder if they moved by mostly by rail or totally by truck. George Courtney

The USAX/DODX cars were built for the Army because the Patton tank family was too heavy for standard railroad flats. The cars operated into the early 90s and some can still be found in MOW service on

Ron And Others: I was not at home when the latest post came in and had to question my memory. The UP kit is definitely an S-40-5 car. My kit is totally painted with complete lettering. Richard

Brian, Of course if the tank was too early for your era, could you model one going to the scrap yard? Allen Cain

Thanks Tony! Your articles do indeed add to my knowledge of these cars. I’ve done many of the same improvements you suggest, but I did not know of the decal set. I’ll have to see if it’s still a

Hi Tim, "Sheesh. Money ain't what it used to be!" How very true, but then neither are today's parts. Pax, Ralph Brown Portland, Maine PRRT&HS No. 3966 NMRA No.

Hello- I have nine cars which were partially or totally built kits from a recently deceased friend. His quality was very good. Priced to reflect the non-original unbuilt kit condition. Shipping of $4

Daniel Mitchell wrote: For more about that Roco flat car and its actual origins, you might wish to read my blog post

In most cases they load a car to something like its capacity in either length of weight. Many armored vehicles were heavy enough to require either “single” loading or a vary heavy duty flatcar

Brian, Its that great adult undergarment answer, it depends. There were a lot of unit moves to training, unit movements for deployments overseas not so much. But there were also deliveries of

Here's one solution - model it as a PATCHED tank car. This one got Roman reporting marks. :-) -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

It's a whole AB brake set including the hand brake equipment. At $13 it costs much more than many of my unbuilt freight car kits ever did. Sheesh. Money ain't what it used to be! ;-) -- *Tim

Years ago after seeing a photo of military truck load in either the RPC article on loads or in an article, I picked up a Roco Minitanks M35 to create a load. Now after thinking about the August 1957