Yes, he does

I have seen at least one in a picture in the U.S. I cannot recall the road though. -Rob

What would those have carried stateside? Potash? -Rob

I took photos of them on the MILW between Owatonna and Faribault, MN in the 70’s. Well outside this list’s era, however. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on

There are photos of the new Walthers car here (thanks to a member of ARF): https://www.walthers.com/36-insulated-chemical-tankcar-ready-to-run-vulcan-chemical-gatx-33789 The car does look suspiciously

He looks just like Bill Murray. Dave Nelson

Thanks, Gary ! Importers musical chairs it's hard to keep track of it all ! :-) On 1/12/2023 4:01 PM, Gary Roe wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Tim, Atlas bought the True Line Trains tooling. gary roe quincy, illinois On Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 02:58:25

Not so much in the STMFC era. Definitely, afterwards. On 1/12/2023 2:59 PM, Bruce Hendrick wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

What the... ? Are these the same tooling as the "True Line Trains" or did Atlas do these from scratch? On 1/12/2023 2:41 PM, Ian Cranstone wrote: -- Tim

Does anyone know if this CN hopper would have seen service in the US? And if so, where? Bruce Hendrick Brea, California Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone

Thanks Ian, I didn't even notice the lube plates on the black car. Jeff White Alma IL On 1/12/2023 1:41 PM, Ian Cranstone wrote:

The upper (TH&B car) definitely not. The base lettering is likely correct (I'd have to defer to TH&B experts though), but the presence of lube plate, U-1 wheel stencil and the 1967 Confederation logo

I'm thinking of pre-ordering a couple of these. Unfortunately Atlas hasn't told us what paint scheme is appropriate for the 1950s. I think these two might be correct. Does anyone know for

Case in point the X29b. Vaporware still. Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Chris, As Brian notes, no photos. Frankly, I doubt that a physical plastic shot from the new mold even exits at this time. Walthers has been bumping up their sales releases until they are occurring

The C&O Historical Society Mainline Modeler compilation is also available as a download, if your computer, like mine, no longer has a CD/DVD drive. Dave Smith

For my two cents, it certainly appears that Walthers has created what is now a third tank body for its generic underframe. They also refer to their 3 compartment car as 36'. The "original" was

No pics. Just artwork so far with a Mix of ACF and GATC lettering details. I suspect like most recent Walthers steam era rolling stock these will be poorly done but waiting to see. Brian J. Carlson

Attached are the pages out of the Walthers New Product announcement just to ensure we are all on the same page. Bruce, can you please post a link or two to photos of the new Walthers cars? I Googled