Except for dome diameter, these dimensions are given in the 1931 and 1937 Car Builders' Cyclopedias: U/F length 36'8-1/2", width 9'3", 8K gal. tank 78" ID X 31'3-1/4" IL, 10K gal. tank 87-1/2" ID X

Tim O'C. wrote: The steel-siding came during 1959-1961 and was only done to about half the cars. Some lost sheathing to be pipe gons, originally (for more on both points, see my Vol.

Tom, I do not remember what exactly is wrong with the Sunshine under frame, but it is substantially wrong, as best I recall. I haven't done one of these in awhile, but the simplest thing to do is to

Another vote for the Wine car!!!

ICC-103 single-compartment 8,000 or 10,000 gal. uninsulated car???? PLEASE????? SECONDED! BTW, does anyone have either the outside dimensions to one of the Type 30 GATC cars, or alternatively be

Pat Wider wrote: Sure, as I said, Pat, the operating guys bought into this. Some did say, as you can read in Railway Age, that rolling resistance was not a strong enough function of weight to

I recall seeing multiple compartment wine car in Pennsylvania during the 1940s. Don't recall reporting marks, etc. but the stuff was rebottled as "Virgina Dare" by the Brrokside distilling Co.

Guyz, In this topic, does anyone recall a soon to be finished book on FGE, that was explained as being the size & scope of the PFE research volume by Thompson, Church, and Jones?? Fred

Larry, the F&C War Emergency gons are still available, and the steel-side rebuilds are good for SP (and probably Wabash as well). I've seen many photos of the ex-T&NO cars all over the SP well into

Pat, depending on how many you need, Red Caboose imported brass 8,000 GATC ICC-103 tank cars a few years ago. I heard a rumor that these were going to be produced in either plastic or resin... They

Pat, although the physics of moving freight cars is real and had real operational consequences (e.g. more fuel, more power) I don't think the Return On Investment for lighter cars was ever as

Marcelo, Rule #1: Don't produce limited-run resin/brass kits for cars that are eventually going to be produced in plastic. There are hundreds (thousands?) of cars which might sell just a few hundred

Before someone makes a 6-dome wine car will someone PLEASE make a GATC ICC-103 single-compartment 8,000 or 10,000 gal. uninsulated car???? PLEASE????? Pat Wider

Tim, I was going to say the same thing but Richard beat me to it... 3^) Just save your pennies... Greg Martin

Larry Jackman asked: "Can any one tell me about Rensselaer resin Gondola kits?" During the early 1990s, the Rensselaer Model Railroad Society established a small hobby shop operation to raise funds

raildata@... wrote: I have found out that a former customer of "my shortline", Vermont's Barre & Chelsea, was also involved in a similar kind of activity: Calmont Beverage Co. in Barre,

Tony, Thanks, there was a Hobby Shop in Bell, California called Jiggs and Robbie's You Make It Hobbies. I remember going there when I started in the hobby some years ago (it is long gone now) and

Yes to both. Richard Hendrickson

car, or a 6-dome wine tank car?< I'll vote for the wine car. Not sure how many paint schemes could be had however! But the Easterners just love the milk cars<VBG>. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time

Tim, Where can I find the drawings for the AAR alternate standard offset hopper? I want to produce a serie of 200 exact to scale cars ( mix of resin and photoetching and brass castings ) and could