Hello Bruce, Tony, and Group, I've been watching this thread with great interest, since I was borne and raised in Hawthorne, Nevada. The Naval Ammunition Depot, Hawthorne, Nev. (NADHAW) was

In the Jan.'62 ORER, there are at least 32 pickle tank cars still listed, including GLCX 25, the lone car remaining for Glaser, Crandell Co. Numbers of pickle tanks that I have been able to identify

On 06-May-59 GCLX 25 was still in service. This industry was in the CB&Q Lumber District. Contents show as Cucumbers. Move is an Intraterminal switch. Can't really think of where on the IHB it could

In the early '60s, I worked at the Heinz plant in Pittsburgh. We occasionally received wooden vinegar tank cars on our B&O siding. All of the cars I saw were of the type that AHM attempted to model as

The models were originally offered undecorated, and they didn't sell very well. So OL painted and lettered a bunch of them, mostly with bogus P/L schemes for which decals were readily available.

In 1959 Libby McNeil & Libby was still moving Cucumbers from somewhere West of Denver to their plant at Blue Island IL in LMTX cars. At that time there were also still some SBIX cars moving but I

If anyone finds these photos on the web please let me know where. Is that DVD steam era? Cars only? How much did it cost? Ed

Hi folks, "Weathering Freight Cars, Volume 2" arrived on-time yesterday, and all pre-orders have been shipped, so you should be receiving them in a few days. As is the policy with all my DVD's, any

Ed, Another common load for 65' gondolas was long poles, like telephone or power poles. On the Western Pacific, these cars were often used alongside shorter gondolas carrying coiled steel from

Thanks, guys! I bought mine at the Original Whistle Stop many moons ago (actually labeled for Brea Chemicals, which I figured I'd strip), and thought at the time that there must've been a

Steve; I am not sure those photos are up on a site, but they were available (and discussed previously on the list, I think) for a time from a historical society in PA, and I got mine from them. John

Tim, Following are the dimensions for the 6 PCIX cars in ACF lot 2932. It's obvious that the model isn't based on these prototype cars. No telling what it was based on. Next time I talk to Brian

Marty, Can't add much more to the information provided by Glenn, Dennis, Ted and Roger, except to confirm that in a 1947 ORER I have, the 7500 and 7700 car series were listed for

Elden; The Bethlehem Steel site, is it www.bethlehempaonline.com ? Thanks for the info. Steve M Stull Winslow 7076 --- "Gatwood, Elden J SAD " <Elden.J.Gatwood@...> wrote: The

Thanks Richard. I thought the Pennzoil car was too good to be true. Tim, the ad was on the back cover of a RMJ, '93, I think. I say "labeled" because there is a picture with a caption for each.

Thanks to all for the answers -- that's why you're such a great bunch of boz . . . uh . . . "nitpickers" . . . . Seriously, thanks for the help! Dennis, unfortunately I don't have any complete OERs

Ed, definitely an ACF style frame. Here are my desktop measurements with a pair of calipers as best as I can do. Outside tank diameter 8'0" Tank jacket length 32'7" Tank

Back in March, Bruce Griffin sent the message below concerning Heinz vinegar cars. A search showed a lot of responses, but none covered the painting and lettering. Heinz had a vinegar plant in