Bill Darnaby wrote: I agree about the Williams tanks. The GL kit only having three tanks is not ALL bad -- dealers with a all tanks identical were pretty rare. One can easily make an extra

FWIW, I found the Williams Brothers tanks to be oversize plus not being suitable for horizontal mounting. The GL tanks are the gold standard. The only bad thing about the GL kits is that there are

Those Murphy end cars with the Zero Rib panels, at least on the C&O, were usually rebuilt cars that originally had wooden sides and were rebuilt with steel side-assembly kits. The new cars were 9-10

I have some of those. Jared Harper ---In STMFC@..., <cepropst@...> wrote : Bill Welch wrote:“Itsounds like these Tanks are a good candidate to be copied usingresin.” A friend wanted to have some

Richard, I have included Joe Fugate in this mail, I hope you don't mind. I enjoy going back to your article on ends. I see there could be somerevisions for a few you missed, but it one of the

I looked at the details of a photo I have that shows the end of one of the black & silver USRA rebuilds. The date of the photo is noted as April 13, 1941. Cheers, Ted Ted Culotta Speedwitch

I have updated the Pressed Steel tank car kit inventory on the site as I have another batch. I also added some additional kits, books, etc., to the list of things culled from my move. Please visit the

We have the End General Arrangement Drawing in the C&O HS Archives. At least three article written on these cars in C&O History Mag plus covered in C&OHS's recently published C&O Freight Cars:

Bill Welch wrote:“Itsounds like these Tanks are a good candidate to be copied usingresin.” A friend wanted to have some of these tanks made from resin for his personal use. They ended up being

I made a model of one of the C&O cars re-numbering the Des Plaines RCmodel and adding Keith Retterer’s Ends and doors. During one of my first opsessions we were pulling the car out from behind a

Friends, I have some of the Williams Brothers tanks which actually aren't bad. Lots of piping and stuff too. WB still has a web site, but I couldn't get the actual product pages to

I have been purchasing the GL Midwest Petroleum kit when ever I see them reasonably priced on EBay. Recently Walthers released a new fuel dealer kit and I have ordered one, but haven't received it

Thanks for loading in the PDF of the Georgia RR diagrams. Makes of lots ofquestions ; ) ClarkPropst Mason City Iowa

It sounds like these Tanks are a good candidate to be copied using resin. It might be worth someone with a relationship w/GL approaching them about using resin tanks in their kit if that mold is the

Fortunately I knew I needed a bunch of tanks for my 8 bulk oil dealers before building my layout. I ordered six kits. I have plenty of tanks, but need a lot more vents, spouts and piping. Jared

I learned about this on Tony's SP blog, one of the best things ever 'discovered" I've been using it for many applications, including attaching Delrin steps. It really works good for scenery, also.

An O sclae model of this car was imported by Rich Yoder about 8 years ago. Maynard Stowe

These cars wound up on the B&O. A picture of one in 1964 is shown in B&O color guide. It says 7 were left in 1974. Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. Sunbury, Pa. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

In my research of boxcar ends I was never able to learn muchabout this one. I don't know if it had a commercial name but it isgenerally referred to as an art deco or waffle end. They were used on

Soon to be available on the HO Intermountain 1937 AAR 40' boxcar (45793 & 45794), although I haven't seen a shot of the production version. Curt Fortenberry