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also the jacket was open at the botom to let the product escape rather than be traped between the tank and shell with the insulation acting as a sponge. atmospheric mosture would otherwise react eat

Bill Welch asked: http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Holston-Ordnance-Works-USOX-17021-nitric-acid-tank-car-5x7-builders-photo-/371482700008?hash=item567e1828e8:g:b0IAAOSwu-BWP3TO Because over a certain

June 2003 Model Railroader. "Painting" with Decals. What the author did was to "paint" a N scale caboose using decals he printed for the entire car. He painted the cab light grey so the decal colors

Kaminski's ACF book has a 1940 Monsanto tank car similar to the Army one and he again says the casing is designed to prevent the trapping of acid vapors. Don't forget Ambroid's Riverside Oil car,

In the 1940 CBC, reprinted in Train Shed #12, ACF explains with respect to its new nitric acid tank car design, "The tank is shrouded with an open hearth steel casing, inverted "U" shaped, open at

The only other cars that I have seen with this type of covering are UTLX85704 and UTLX 85925 (page 18 of Tank Car Color Guide Vol. 1) used for thetransport of transformer oil. Perhaps, this car was

There is that circa late-90’s article in MR titled something like ’painting with decals’……….. Done with a corrected for tilt and missing section set of pictures of an urban jungle tagged

Garth, Epson (or HP or Canon or any other inkjet), must have paper designed for inkjet printers. Dye or pigment based, inkjets papers have a coating that will allow the inks to soak in. Microscale

i’ll attach a blow-up clip of the Monsanto acid car wrapper. It looks like its labeled for '95-percent Nitric Acid Only’, builders date of 6-45. I expect that the model car kit and its data are

In the early days (50s, grin) M Dale Newton had a model of one of these. I believe he used a cardboard wrapper. All my Newton stuff is gone so don't remember the lettering on

Since the car was used at an ordnance plant, perhaps the shroud was additional protection from damage (and leaking acid) from an external explosion. Or, perhaps a war-time disguise? Just a

I’m reminded of the Red Ball shrouded acid car kits I recently got from The Swaps……. Isn’t this photo just a similar class of car from a particular builder ??? Best to ya, Mike

Have we considered that it is merely a trial balloon of a car ??? If it proved out as being needed, it would have become the standard for such a load. Best to ya, Mike Bauers Milwaukee, Wi

If a tank carrying 95% nitric acid were to fail, it would seem most likely to do so from the inside out. I cannot imagine why getting rained or snowed upon would make a shred of difference. And if

I realize that I’m guessing at this. But let’s go back to what I wrote. I want to stress that the shroud would be an attempt to further weather-proof the tank. Not to be there in case of a tank

According to the 1949 CFR, the ICC 103-C spec was reserved for tank cars dedicated to the transport of nitric acid, 65% or greater. That post-dates this photo by a few years, but I believe to be

I am not certain about the nitric acidchemistry, but similar cars used by UTLX (see 85901 on down the list of Ted’sphotos) had heater coils outside the tank (and inside the jacket) for

I am planning a two-part clinic for Prototype Rails on THE BEACH January 8-9, 2016 and will need some HELP for PART TWO to be successful. Here are some details. 1.) "Internal Mix Double Action

While it’s hard to say without knowing the particulars of the type of steel used for the inner tank of this car………. It could well be the outer shell is another degree of protection against