In the "For What it is Worth" department, this photo that Brian Leppert posted, of SCCX (SHELL) 164, is from Bob's Photo (taken by Col. Chet McCoid) and is also found on page 113 of Steam Era Freight

And one more photo. Tacoma, WA 1955

Walthers sold HO decals for a Shell tank car, #1185 with white lettering for our time periods. Attached are two photos of Shell tank cars SCCX 1290 Tracy, CA in 1952 SCCX 620 Los Angeles in 1955

If you follow this back to the source (USC website), there's several other freight car pix as well as a bunch of neat street scenes of early 1930's Los Angeles. Larry King.

Fred; Thanks for your reply. I really like the Quincy myself. Take care, Brian R. Termunde Murray, UT Re: Shell tankcar for my Quincy-model-RR From: Fred Jansz Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 04:36:32

... at Quincy Junction, to be pedantic. -- The thong is ended but the malady lingers on

Photo: ATSF Boxcar 126439 (Bx-12) Photo from the USC Digital Archives https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1OYN63HV?WS=SearchResults Promotional photo of a Hudson automobile pulling

More filler: In 1936, the Milwaukee rebuilt ONE single sheathed boxcar into an all-steel box, number 594525. That project went nowhere on its own, but proofed the welding techniques used later. In

I should add that these are NOT rib side cars. The side sheets are seam-welded providing for a smooth exterior surface and have a side presentation | | [ | ] | | | | where the outermost verticles

Ken, here is some data that may interest you. The xlsx file of early welded MILW box cars helps put 6000-6499 in perspective. The txt file provides some physical features, demographics and ORER counts

Good guess Clark. Actually after posting last night, a friend found a picture of one. It looks like an early attempt at all welded, but vertical welds with no ribs. The rest of the car looks like

I forgot to put the car numbers the general service cars were 18000-18149 and the auto parts cars were 20000-20199. Fenton

I'm building a DT&I 1923 ARA boxcar starting with a Red Caboose X 29. The cars were numbered I need to know if the roof and ends were painted balck on these cars. I know on later cars they were.

Good Morning I'm looking for a pair of MDC/Roundhouse 100 ton trucks with twin clasp brakes. I'm hoping someone might have a pair they're willing to part with. Contact me offlist please -- Pierre

Without looking I'd say these are DD ribside cars. Made my Ribside Cars abd now offered by Accurail. Hope that's right? Clark Propst

Brian, I model both, but main portion of the layout is Quincy RR yard and part of town. There were many oil dealers in Quincy back in the day. Some of them survived up to now. Even the remains of

All, the Southern Car & Foundry tank car is sold out. The P2k 8000G car has the 1st and 4th straps in the wrong place; they enter the bolster, while they should be at the edges of the car, near the

Tim, your prototype picture with the emblem says 11-57 on the car. My picture of the car in the WP train -with SHELL, no emblem- is taken August 1949. My wild guess is that the emblem was added in

I don't know if the Athearn part can be obtained from Athearn, but look for part no. 15512 for the platform (plastic) and 15513 for the railing (bent steel wire) Others in this group may have that

I am looking for info on MILW boxcars in the series 6000-6499. Car number 6293 appears in a 1950 wheel report in my possession. 1950 ORER lists these as "all steel" 40' double-door cars, but