Some further information on the prototype. These cars were built by ACF in 1945, in three different number series. This car is from I-GN 14300-14349, later MP 350800-350849 (after the system

David: My bad. In 20 or 25 years you'll discover, as I have, that memory is a faulty resource at best. I had forgotten about the run represented by the the photo of 13916, and I missed it when I

Hi Mike, if that MoPac car has two eight-foot doors, you can get them from Chad Boas at chadboas@.... If it has one eight-foot and one seven-foot doors, you can get the seven foot door from Southwest

Scott Haycock said "Will these eventually be available as kits?" We just announced and released (on the same day) a production of our General American (GATC) 8,000 gallon, 1917-design tank cars. And

There’s a lot of discussion on this topic in the Carr UTLX history book. Prior to the breakup of Standard Oil, Union Tank Line was not required to make a profit, just to provide good service to all

Dave, Beautiful models, as usual! Will these eventually be available as kits? Scott Haycock

Amen to that David

Dave Parker said: "Tangent's 1917-design cars in both 8000 and 10.000 gallon sizes. GATX would have had thousands (how many thousands I cannot say) in the 1920s, and "many" would have survived until

Photo attached. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "BRIAN PAUL EHNI via groups.io" <bpehni@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date: Wednesday,

Todd, I'm aware of what Carbide did in the valley, being the grandson of a Carbider and having grown up there. And you're correct, the overwhelming majority of loads in and out of the Carbide

I have a photo of another car in this series (low 900s), and it looks the same. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Probably is bottle/label related

Yes id say its not a consumer food good, more than likely the Milk Co. sent their own truck to pick up something.

Mike get a hold of Chad Boas and I think he can supply the doors. Chad is at <chadboas@...> -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Thank you guys a lot! Now I'll never unsee them! I have noticed this in photos before and *assumed* they were from ladder use and this verifies it. -Rob

Tim O'Connor just posted a photo here: https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/message/196117 Keep in mind this is a Mexican car, and there is likely much more traffic on those ladders south of the border

Rob, You can see scuffing above the grab irons on this metal end of a Southern SU box car. https://i0.wp.com/designbuildop.hansmanns.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/201809_twoxm_7.jpg The

You make a good point, Todd. Lots of modelers seem to think a tank car is a tank car, and you will see chlorine cars sent to bulk oil dealers, and oil company TM tank cars sent to the chlorine plant.

Andy, The duPont and [Union] Carbide plants in and around the Charleston WV area were big chemical plants. Carbide certainly had a lot of tank cars, but most were for chemical commodities, not

Hello all, Recently there has been talk of toe scuff detail weathering for boxcars. Just curious if anyone could share a picture of this. Thanks, Rob