DTI 14520 - same car in later paint scheme. Zooming in the photo I read "BUILT 10-50" on it. Craig Wilson

Regarding the Ethyl emblem, it goes back further than 1952. It was used on cars as early as 1944 and likely prior to that, as well. Printing decals for them (dekuhls in Canadian). Cheers, Ted Ted

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Ken Soroos wrote: "The last three kits on the list seem to be special Sunshine runs commissioned by RPI. They are in the same type white boxes as the Sunshine kits

Interesting fun fact about those UTLX cars – they're actually cars belonging to UTLX's Canadian subsidiary Products Tank Line of Canada, being former Canadian Industries Limited cars built by

Steve: Thanks for the research on these. I picked up one of the Ethyl black-band cars before I realized it was too late for me, but I didn't have exact dates. I don't remember the UTLX black scheme

Hi Guys - Our local hobby shop acquired an estate from a very good modeler here in Madison. Among the items available are the Sunshine kits listed below. There is little local interest, so I

If I am reading Richard’s article correctly, and looking at the BLI website, I come up with the following dates for the BLI paint schemes. Columbia Southern car paint scheme is good from

Westerfield also has PFE kits with both types of U/F's. Bill Welch

Jeff Helm wrote: Richard supplied a lot of the prototype information to BLI for their tank cars. Tony Thompson tony@...

Train Miniature sill of not look at the brake platform. It looks like some sort of stamped or cast platform with a curve on the outer edge the is bent downward I presume to give it more strength as

“Weathering gone wild”? Frankly I think it looks great Bob. What was the date the car was built? Wonder if I can squeeze one in. Cordially, Don Valentine

Not sure if it is correct for your cars, but Westerfield makes a Bettendorf fish belly single I beam underframe for Milwaukee cars, kit 12053. If it is correct perhaps a call to Andrew Dahm at

Keith Jordan, one of the authors of the Santa Fe ice bunker reefer book, commented: "...the car was never painted in standard colors. The late ca.1963-4 photo we used in the Reefer book shows the car

If you go back to early in the 20th Century, you will see more talk about "classification" than "blocking", but there really is not much difference. Also in Droege Freight Terminals & Trains, you will

I just found my copy of a September 2004 RMJ article that Richard Hendrickson wrote about the 6000 gallon pressure tank cars used for chlorine and in there he states that the orange and black scheme

Here’s a post from Ed Hawkins on this list that I kept, regarding painting of ACF built Hooker tanks. Unfortunately I lost the date reference: From AC&F bill of materials data, I provide the

That’s interesting Tony, I’ve been looking for a good timeline on the changes with Hooker paint history. My information is mostly from photos. Curious, does the photo you reference have the

Jeff Helm wrote: I have a photo from the Richard Hendrickson collection of an orange and black Hooker tank (Tacoma) dated 1949. Don't know the paint history otherwise, perhaps someone on the