It's also in my 1930 ORER, class TMU, for ethyl chloride service. That's quite a big dome; I'd have to dig into the ICC regs from the 1930s to see if/why the properties of EC mandated such an

The 1936 Tank Car Tariff has a DUPX series 1400-1409, approximately 10,000 gallons capacity with a 454 gallon dome. There are no cars of like dimensions in 1955, so it is likely DuPont sold or

A nice collection from F. R. Ritzman at the Lake States Railway Archive. Plenty of nice stuff in there...including an old LNE gon, a USAX flatcar delivering a single M35 truck, and plenty of other

10,000 gallon, not 1,000 gallon. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

I have a copy of the AC&F builders photo of this tank car. It is dated Dec. 10, 1924. It is a duPont tank car, insulated, possibly 1,000 gallon capacity. It is unusual in that it has an expansion dome

Todd Sullivan wrote: Maybe if you checked Southern Car & Foundry instead? <grin> Tony Thompson tony@...

Dan Smith wrote: What are you talking about, Dan? My #2007 has all the needed rivet rows for its three compartments. It is most certainly NOT a single-compartment car. Tony Thompson tony@...

I check the Southern Iron & Equipment Company website every couple of months hoping to find their kits for sale, but haven't had any luck. Does anyone know if they are being or will be produced in

Didn't someone do a kitbash like that? http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2017/02/creating-wine-tank-car.html Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

I like this car a lot! Nicely done! Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 11:21 AM, Tony Thompson wrote: Bob Chaparro asked: Has anyone produced such a car in HO scale? There is also, of course, the Southern Car & Foundry resin kit, makes a very

Photo: L&N End-Door Boxcar A Chuck Zeiler photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chuckzeiler/38481886355/in/album-72157656279726732/ Click to enlarge photo. Built 12-1940. Original number series

Bob Chaparro asked: There is also, of course, the Southern Car & Foundry resin kit, makes a very nice car. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bob Chaparro wrote: Overland made an insulated car like this in brass. Tony Thompson tony@...

None that I know of, but there are some fun possibilities for kitbashing. This two compartment car began as the P2k Type 21 and uses some Archer tank car rivets and an extra, smaller dome, maybe

"...three-compartment car in question was rebuilt from a single-compartment car. The give-away is the middle dome bigger than the outer two: big enough for the whole car in its original form." Has

A fine picture indeed - and a welded Milwaukee hopper just behind the CB&Q hoppers

Good news for the thirteen folks that identified themselves in need of an underframe for the 2020 Shake and Take Bx-34 project: your underframes are the mail for priority mail delivery. This still

Isn't that what the box car on the left is for? It's one LARGE 'bumping post'! <G> Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, Utah Photo: Tractor Pulling A Cut Of Boxcars From: Bob Chaparro Date: Thu, 02

On both first and second viewing I've thought again that some photos would be best with a link to an accompanying plat, and in this case, one with five foot contours. That is an eminently-modelable