What RR owned the #43450 gon on the left side of the photo? Those large numbers seem distinctive, but I don't recognize

Well, yes, strictly speaking I do have a prototype photo. However the trucks are obscured in the dark areas under the cars, useless for this purpose These are, however, SHPX cars. SGL E-mail

Which cars? Some Texaco/Gatx cars had Dalman two levels, some other shippers had spring planks, some early ones had T-section trucks. Like other cars the who and when are needed. Got prototype

I'm assembling four LL P2K 8000 gallon tank cars. I just looked at the Atlas trucks supplied with the kit. Well, I'd like to find something better and appropriate. What does this august

Champ HN-57 was white lettering with the old emblem. Campbell made a set WT-10 that had DT&I and Pere Marquette (Campbell sets are unusable except for some of the heralds) Walthers set 17001 had

Richard, I used a Champ set but it's no longer available. I'm not sure who else may have DT&I lettering. Richard Hendrickson

Either one looks close in appearance; your choice. Richard Hendrickson

Richard, Would the IM trucks in N be appropriate or would MicroTrains Bettendorf work? Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

Both classes were equipped with ASF self-aligning spring-plankless trucks, as modeled in HO by Intermountain. Richard Hendrickson

Gene Green wrote: I'm sure you're right, Gene. I shouldn't have left that last sentence with the implication that the tank car boards reflected later technology. I MEANT to say that the

Tony, Wouldn't the length of the unsupported span be a more logical explanation for the difference in thickness? The distance from support to support on a box car would be roughly 3 feet. On a tank

Hello all. I'm trying to determine what the correct trucks are for the subject gons. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

The trucks on the B-50-4s were L-section Andrews with one piece sloping journal box retainer bars at the bottom. Kadee's #509 1898 Andrews truck represents this design in HO scale. Later Andrews

The Blaw Knox drawings show a section of tank car running board and that is 2" thick. I've seen these on many modern tank cars and they are indeed at least 2" thick. For some reason no manufacturer

In the 1953 & 1961 CBC's, Apex is 1" exactly (pages 402 & 408 resp) Tim O'Connor

And if consistency in modeling matters to you, then Plano also makes Gypsum and Morton and even Transco running boards, so they are all the same thickness. Kadee and Bowser (who makes a quite nice see

Tichy makes one as well, different from the others. I believe Kadee makes an earlier design.

Walter We've been here before. Plano uses .008 stainless steel. That is about .7" thick in HO scale. Kadee Apex running boards are .022 thick and that is 1.9" in HO scale. The prototype Apex grid

Dennis Storzek wrote: In Hawkins' article, rooftop running boards are mostly 1 inch (Exclusive of the attachment pieces to the roof). Tank car running boards are deeper. This may reflect

Clark, I wish I could watch you trying to figure out how to get the box off...:-) You have to partially disassemble the car to access the coupler assembly which, as Tim mentioned, has the stirrups