I assume that the double door boxcar parallel to the NH is a Santa Fe because the doors do not match. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Thanks for pointing that out Steve. It’s an interesting clue. The Jan. 1953 ORER includes 151 cars, and not TT spells out which of those had the wider and narrower extreme width. I assume its an

Friends, Isn't it amazing what a red filter will do with clouds? Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Having worked unloading coal tar pitch tank cars I recall having to open the vent valve in the dome or else the car could literally collapse as the pitch was drained out of the bottom fitting, if it

Bob Chaparro wrote: As this is a PS-1 still displaying its "NEW" stencil, surely the "New Roof" notation must refer to the original roof?? Tony Thompson tony@...

Chuck, True for most kind of tank cars and cargoes, but not true for pressure tank cars and acid tank cars. They all required top unloading. For LPG, Ammonia, Chlorine, because they were gasses

Photo: New Haven Boxcar 30024 (1948) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67502/rec/98 Click on the arrows in the upper right

Tony Excellent blog on pressure cars. Only thing I'd add is the valve arrangement varies per commodity. Jeff Coleman

Photo: PRR Double Door Boxcar 62448 X31B (1955) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/62272/rec/3 Click on the arrows in the

If you're interested in the loading or unloading process for high-pressure tank cars, I have written a blog post about that, including a bunch of prototype photos. If you're interested, the link is

Charles Peck wrote: It's not a manway on a pressure car. The cover is opened for access to the valves and hose connections. But on non-pressure cars, the manway cover IS opened for loading, and

Todd Sullivan wrote: Better try and use the Atlas over. I don't think you can mix the two. The Athearn one is considerably oversize, while the Atlas valve bonnet is scale size. Tony

Claus Schlund wrote: How's that for spillage? I like to weather tank cars but haven't gotten this far <g>. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks, Peter. Schuyler

The car on the photograph has AB brakes. You can clearly see the transversal mounted reservoir on the photograph with the 3-1-48 brake service stencil.  This type of mounting was common practice on

One might keep in mind that many products would never have the manway hatch opened except for cleaning. Most liquid products can be loaded and unloaded through pipes and hoses attached to access

Inside the hinged top are the control valves for loading and unloading. The hose connections enter that casing through holes in the side of the casing to connect with the valves there. Note that

I haven’t come across anything yet. I see cars in number series 95xxx, 96xxx and 77xxx. I’m not sure of the exact start and end numbers in each car series, and do not know who the original

Allen, You should be able to saw the 'lid' off an Athearn 'chemical' tank car (cheap donor) and add it to an Atlas 11,000 gallon pressure tank car model. If you have one of those super thin modeling

It’s all in the Santa Fe Painting and Lettering Guide, now officially Out of Print, but being updated and reprinted with more photos and details. J. Stephen Sandifer