Having had the topic of home vs. foreign cars come up again I decided to crunch a few numbers & see whether the data from my conductors books was in any way similar to an ORER from about the same

Howdy, According to Greg Martin's Scuttlebutt collumn in the January Mainline Modeler, Microscale has announced set 87-986, assorted 1910-1950 tank cars. Any comments from y'all on the suitability of

Larry - thanks - John

I see what you mean -- but isn't it just a Van Dyke tank mounted onto a later frame (really, just a center sill)? Timothy O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Marlborough, Massachusetts

The bottom sheet on a Van Dyke tank extends beyond the ends and is probably thicker to act as the underframe. The dome on 57801 is larger than that on the Precision Scale tank. Bill Kelly Tim

Bill, if you get this, you are alive and well on the STMFC. Let me know. To start sending messages to members of this group, simply send email to STMFC@... If you do not wish to belong to

Shawn, the Precision Scale model is accurate for prototypes that lasted into the 1960's. Richard Hendrickson wrote an article on modeling them, including modifications to Bowser (?) caboose

Al... I wonder if your load will fit Sunshine's Greenville car (same prototype as the Proto2000). It came with thin-wall sides. I can test fit it for you, if you're interested. ;o) Timothy O'Connor

Just doing some tests to see if my Youngstown containers would fit in the Intermountain and Lifelike kits - I plan to issue a 10 container load for Mop. Turns out the Lifelike car is about 6"

Dave and others, I have a copy of Ron Glas's 1990 compilation of available Copeland resources located at NWU. I'd be happy to quote from it, but it would better to find Ron and get permission for me

Tim, Look again, 57801 is not a Van Dyke car. I don't think that they lasted past 1953. There are only five standard gauge cars listed in the 7-53 ORER. Bill Kelly Tim

M.D. McCarter has a couple of photos of B&O milk cars from the series 824-850, which were standard ice bunker reefers. He took the photos in '48, but the latest equipment register I have for

Richard and Gang, Ok, so I looked up Precision Scale's Van Dyke tank at the Walthers website. It's in stock for $18 or so. Odd looking little monster. How long did these last in interchange, the

I agree with Richard Hendrickson that photographic or other documentation is the best approach to determining the ratio of home road and foreign road cars. The photos and videos available to me show

<Dave Nelson wrote: Larry, where did you find the H.H. Copeland reports? What year do they cover?> The Guide to RR Historical Resources by Taber lists the Copeland Reports (on interchange and

<John Nehrich wrote: One of our members is assembling a bunch of the Stewart channel side hoppers, and wanted to know what trucks to use. I found one picture where I think the car had Andrews, but it

No, it's the UTLX class X design which followed the VanDyke cars (class V) after the Master Car Builders' Assn. ruled that tank cars had to have center sills, rather than transmitting pulling and

Shawn - The Van Dyke cars had no underframe. The biggest problem with the MDC kit is that in order to get in enough weight in the underframe, they made it about twice as tall, so the tank sits way too

List, I have questions to ask about a certain MDC tank car kit, though I've a good idea what the answer will be. I just received several M.D. McCarter prints of UTLX tank cars that appear to have