List, While we are on the subject of tank cars, I have a question about tank car that needs some identity. Steamtown in Scranton has a two compartment tank car lettered NATX 4750. A photo of this

I believe Richard's kitbash (the GATX one) was for a 10,000 gal car. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT 06437 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650)

I wrote: My feeble memory was right for once: http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/photos/sp/sp062899.jpg Note the extra height of the dome as compared to the Athearn tank car. Note too that to do this

Hello to anyone in the South Jersey area. I wanted to let you know that the Gateway Model Railroad Club is having an open house this Saturday and Sunday November 12 &13, 2005 from 12noon until 5pm.

Elden Gatwood wrote: As my feeble memory recalls, the SP O-50-13's were 12,500 gallons capacity. And yes, they were built by GATC, I believe in the early-to-mid 1940's. I don't know if GATC made a

Shawn; Thanks for those insights! All; All interested should also be aware that the DA dome is pretty "fat", representing a 2% dome for a large capacity car. This is NOT the dome for that 8k or 6k

Tim O'Connor writes: Hmmmm. Enlightenment coming. One thing that always bugs me is that some events seem to shut down "refreshments" except for the bar after the dinner hour. One of the few perks

Bill Welch asked: While you can probably use it for other projects, I believe the original intent of the DA tank car dome was to aid in converting Athearn's 40' tank car into a closer representation

Bill: It can be used as part of the Athearn kitbash to create a GATC Type 30 as written up by Richard in RMJ several years ago. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road,

It is most enlightening...and entertaining...to read about Naperville. Although I fully intended to attend, while you that were there were fighting each other to get to the head of the line in the

Pat, what I hate about that Holiday Inn is that you can't get a simple cup of coffee (GOOD coffee) at any time of the day. Ridiculous! I once stayed at the Chicago Hilton for $50 a night (it was Aug

Detail associates has a tank car dome in their parts line, cast in resin I believe. Could someone fill me on what kits this is intended for? I assume it is meant to correct a kit or make possible

Hi All, Just a few comments and thoughts in response to what has been said about all the fun we had in Napierville. I am not hoping to initiate a long discussion or worse a disagreement about the

I have an image from the Gerstley collection of late 50's color slides which is of a Nickle Plate "PS-0" 40' boxcar. Though not a Kodachrome, it is a nice photo. I believe I have offered it before to

WRONG. Scratch this comment about the roof. They were not the flat riveted type. Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT 06437 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650)

These cars also had flat riveted roof. By the way, these ends are not "PS-0" ends. They are simply Pullman-Standard proprietary ends. Similar ones were also used on the WLE, TC and B&O cars. On

--- In STMFC@..., Bob Webber <no17@c...> wrote: I have some knowledge of his business, but even at that it is a scrape in the barrel. Bob- I spoke to Bob for a couple of hours on the

Tony, I agree that not all presentations lend themselves to handouts but if a presentation has any significant amount of information worth retaining, a handout is desirable at the very least. I fear

We're likely treading on the good graces of our fearsome moderator.... Having returned from Gaithersburg, I can attest that a three day (well, 2.5 days) of selling can really burn out vendors. Bob's

Yup, Good article. The CGW car is really a 10 foot IH 1937 AAR car with the PS-Zero ends. Ted Culotta's web site has a list of 1937 cars and this CGW series is listed there. The RMJ article