I went to high School from 1958 thru 1962. I had to cross IHB Gibson yards to and from school. All of the refiners, Standard Oil, Sinclair, City Services, and Mobil, sent a lot of tank cars thru

Bruce, On page 28 of John Henderson's CLASSIC FREIGHT CARS V. 2 there is a photo of UTLX 57801 still in service in 1969. The cutline says it has a 4000 gallon tank (my 1959 ORER

Over the years,there have been several model incarnations of a silver tank with large billboardREPUBLIC on a black underframe (and bottom sheet.) I have looked in mostof the usual places without

While the new Chicagoland RPM (was Lisle/Sunshine Meet prior) is still quite young, it seems to be getting better by leaps and bounds. This year was the best one yet I would believe. A big thanks

Bruce: I am not sure about "very few" Class X cars remaining in service in the mid-fifties. I have 6 or 7 photos of Class X cars with AB brakes and/or CSF trucks. In fact, it's much harder to find an

Dave, Folks, Well dang, my bad. Didn't even notice that. I guess I can replace my Roundhouse/Precision/Shapeways projects. Obviously the answer for the type X cars in the mid 1950s there would be

John Sykes wrote: "I am working on a LNE freight roster using a 1954 and a 1958 ORER with information from photos and other sources. When I hit a dead-end on the information available, I will post it

I agree. From the many photos I have found and some that were sent to me, it appears that the earliest billboard schemes date to June 1955 (one hopper and one covered hopper photo). Subsequently, as

Thanks for this information, George and, most importantly, for that excellent clinic. Cheers! Michael Gross Pasadena, CA Michael Gross Facebook.com/ActorMichaelGross

John, After going through what I have, a definitive answer can't be given. What I do know is that it seems the 2124 cu. ft. two bay hopper appear the earliest, 14382, with a Pen Argyl 6-55,

George Toman wrote: "I have just returned from the 2017 Chicagoland RPM and learned of a new product made by Tamiya form a modeler that attended my clinic at the meet. Sorry as I missed his name but

I have just returned from the 2017 Chicagoland RPM and learned of a new product made by Tamiya form a modeler that attended my clinic at the meet. Sorry as I missed his name but he mentioned that he

Bruce Smith wrote: "Steve Hill gavegeneral numbers built in message 130460, December 13, 2014. In thatmessage he indicated that the most common car was 10K with nearly 13,000 built. The second place

Brian, Steve Hill gave general numbers built in message 130460, December 13, 2014. In that message he indicated that the most common car was 10K with nearly 13,000 built. The second place car was

Hi Rob, I think that Red Caboose and perhaps Intermountain have produced AAR steel 40' single door boxcars in a couple of Rock Island schemes a while ago. They appear on eBay from time to time as

Hi List members, A couple more images... NP express reefer in a train of

Brian: My understanding is that 3480 of the 6500 gal cars were built, and 1500 of the 10,000s (and another 2000 in the 8000 gal size). There is a 1952 publication by Union that summarizes the cars in

List, Now that Resin Car Works is introducing a 6500 gallon (and later) a 10000 gallon X tank car kit, as someone who doesn't own a tank car tariff book, I'm curious: how many cars of these sizes

A quick Google image search of "LNE twin hopper" turned up this shot of LNE 14382 from the TTNUT webpage. The repack/reweigh date appears to show 6-55 so depending on your cutoff, I'd say you might

Hi List Members, Some more cool freight car images... NP 47083 DS box http://www.morphotoarchive.org/rvndb/rvnjpeg_img_rec.php?objno=RVN01103 GN 72319 steel