Hi: it also makes a nice brass car, but very heavy. Marty Cooper

There is a good description of the silk trains in Canada at the link. CPR dominated with their own steamships. The trade in Canada started in 1887 and petered out in 1930s with the depression and

Jim The SP had silk and tea cars especially for that service. Just how long they lasted in that service I don’t know. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Tom, Yes, the silk trade was the hottest stuff on the railroads for almost a decade. I believe that the primary route was from Asia to the Western U.S. by ship, to the Eastern U.S. by rail, and then

This would make a great Resin kit. The cylinders could have a cavity molded in to accommodate weights. Bill Welch

Handling chlorine cylinders (called "tons") is nasty business. One reason for so many of these miniature pressure vessels is should there be a leak (chlorine gas) you are only dealing with 2000 lbs

John, Unless the HM regulations were different back then the placards have to remain on the car whether loaded or empty to cover the residue. However, there may have been a slightly different

Hi Johannes, Bruce is correct, but also there is not much photo evidence to support the statement in Ralph’s article in MM about repainting as early as 1956… Most if not all of the New Haven

If I recall correctly, there were special super-fast "silk trains" at one time. Now I'm curious to know more. Tom E.

As Ian and Tony have stated, most likely Chlorine which was required to be placarded as a poison gas. Your photo captures said placard so you can infer that the car was loaded when you shot it. John

Cars of this type usually were in chlorine service, each canister held 1 ton. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@...

Richard Wilkens wrote: Cars like that, with those removable tanks, were normally chlorine cars, but other compressed gasses could certainly be shipped that way. The tanks, known as "one-ton

helium :-) mel perry

U.S. Army Tank Car USAX 16503 at Taylor Yard in Los Angeles on May 24, 1958. Wonder what nasty stuff was in those tanks? Richard Wilkens

Morrell Refrigerator Line MRX 5687 at Los Angeles in May 1958. Richard Wilkens

Another photo from my collection of GATX 33504 at Taylor Yard in Los Angeles on February 26, 1958. Richard Wilkens

Johannes, You have to be careful how you interpret statements 😉 "At least as early as July 1956" doesn't meant it can't be earlier. In this case, the BAR cars, which were built ion 1950 and 1953,

Hello Richard, many thanks. With your reply I did some googling and found this: https://brasstrains.com/classic/Product/Detail/033503/HO-CCI-NH-New-Haven-Insulated-Box-Car-45071 Apparently what

According to Ralph Harris's article "NH Boxcar Part II" in the May 1995 MM, some NH cars were repainted to BCR scheme with large block "NH" at least as early as July 1956. Richard Townsend Lincoln

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