By 1960, 3.9% of all railroad owned equipment was covered hoppers. The percentage of covered hoppers in the privately owned fleet of 272,242 cars was undoubtedly higher so the ratio of tank cars

Rich C wrote: "Here is a list outside of Illinois Central that had the "short taper/chisel side" twin offsets B&LE 50001-50750, 10 panel, blt 1949 CofG 21500-21699, 10 panel, blt 1949 C&IM

http://www.fandckits.com/HOFreight/7050.html Thanks! -- Brian P. Ehni From: Mark Morgan <bnonut@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:12:37 -0800

Andy, F&C makes the wagon top B&O  N43 covered hopper kit. Looks great when finished. Mark Morgan

Rich, many thanks for that list. There were more than I thought. ....Mike

On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:39:36 -0000, EdwardM wrote I thought it was an interesting concept at the time, but we're talking zinc alloy castings you have to bend. Gently. In a smooth curve. All of them

This design started out as the Enterprise offset-side twin hopper shown in various CBCs in the mid-late 1920s. The original design was 34'9" inside length and had stamped corner sills, but the design

Armand, Seems you have a wrong number somewhere. In 1953 the total number of tanks cars was 172301. Hard to believe that 164,000 tank cars were built in 6 years. Rich Orr

Here is a list outside of Illinois Central that had the "short taper/chisel side" twin offsets B&LE    50001-50750, 10 panel, blt 1949 CofG    21500-21699, 10 panel, blt 1949 C&IM     

The NYC system cars were basically the standard USRA twin hopper with offset sides (there were also some 70-ton versions)- not the same as the IC car. SHS has a nice rendition in S. David Thompson

Armand, I think that is a misconception based on a regional bias. I have compiled the data for 1953. While tank cars only compose 0.6% of the cars owned by railroads, they also compose 55.4% of the

Gentlemen all,I did_ask for corrections in my original post and this august group responded...soundly Sending the post resulted in an avalanche of help.I have my !949 ORER and was fully aware of

The New York Central rostered fifty-ton offset twins in the mid-1920s that may have similarities to the IC hoppers in the color image Steve sent along. When were the IC cars built? Here's some detail

I made a jig to bend the soft metal sections. Using the end as a template I pencil marked the curve on a scrap piece of lumber. Got one of the mechanics in the factory where I worked it on a do all

Mike Brock wrote Union Tank Car alone had 44,831 tank cars in 1953 ... these numbers probably are similar for 1948... I don't know about that Mike, tank car fleets began growing after WWII and

You are absolutely correct Mike and I am aware that private companies owned the vast majority of tank cars.My remarks should be construed as to only RR owned tank cars in terms of the % of the

That is absolutely correct.Armand Premo

I hold zero IC hoppers in the Alburg data pulled from records in Armand Premo's collection, though I haven't reviewed everything he has. Let me get this straight - you're asking a manufacturer to

Ben-- I cannot back up my assertion with info that I have in front of me. But perhaps those on this list modelling other roads can? If the IC only moved coal to CN/GTW for loco use, there'd be no

Robert Oom wrote: It could be a film problem, but there's another possibility. The metallic lettering, often gold leaf on earlier passenger equipment, was not very visible unless it caught the