Tim wrote : > I'm REALLY hoping that Frank will want to do any of > the Ethyl, Dupont or Dow "antiknock" tank cars -- > Spectacular paint schemes, very common cars, found > all over the country

Cars like this, containing pressurized gas cargoes, do NOT have an expansion dome. Thermal expansion is expressed by a rise in pressure, not by actual expansion of the cargo. The gas is pumped in and

��� My old brain seems to remember one of these cars written up in one of the RR Mags (maybe RMC?). -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr systems,

Ed Effective Jan 1918 Class V cars are specified and they had to be of welded construction with jackets. All valves were and are on the top. The domes are very small because the volume for the

I kit bashed a 4kgal Ethyl tank car several years ago from the AHM "Olde Time" tank car and an Athearn chemical tank car dome. I had to make my

I'm REALLY hoping that Frank will want to do any of the Ethyl, Dupont orDow "antiknock" tank cars -- Spectacular paint schemes, very commoncars, found all over the country wherever gasoline was

Bill Chlorine, or Ammonia -- Penn Salt manufactured both, and both required tank cars built to withstand very high pressure. The only prototype photo I've seen of the yellow car with blue band was a

Thanks Ed. Anyone, would chlorine have been unloaded via the bottom or top of the car and would it have left any particular type of residue on the car? Bill Welch

Bill, Cars of this type carried chlorine. Regards, Ed Hawkins

As the mood strikes me I pick up the TRIX insulated tank car and work on it. I sorted out how to mount a North American style coupler and I have been working on the U/F, mainly making new brake

​Brian, I apologize to you and to any other person on the list who may have spent time in an attempt to respond to my inquiry. I referred to the wrong railroad; it should have been the DL&W and a

Tom: do you recall the color of the car? The LV had 1937 AAr cars of 10 ft height and post war 10'6" cars but up to the end of this list I don't think they had any 10ft cars with diagonal panel roofs.

Please excuse cross-posting. Hello all. We've got a list of tentative clinics for the 2015 NERPM, scheduled for May 29-30, 2015 in Collinsville, Connecticut. It is likely some of these clinics may

the TCRM Hobby Shop is only open Tuesday Noon to 4:00PM, Thursday Noon to 6:00PM and Saturday 9:00AM to 3:00 PM. Fred Huss

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Garth Groff sarahsan@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote: > > Do you have a copy of David F. Myrick's RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA, v. 2? If not, it should be

Don, Do you have a copy of David F. Myrick's RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA, v. 2? If not, it should be required reading. Both the LA&SL and the Pioche railroads are

The book does have a nice assortment of hopper pics over the years. Teens and 20s cars looked like

By the last years of the O&W the hopper fleet was less than exciting for photographers... photos I've seen show battered steel twins poorly re-stenciled simply OW and the number, with no other

Are there any free pictures of O&W hoppers on the internet? Are there many 1940s era pictures of freight cars in "Hard Coal & Coal Cars"? Ed Mines

​Group: I recall seeing photos of a Leheigh Valley steel box car having an IH of 10' 0", diagonal panel roof, and possibly 3/4 IDE ends, not sure about that. In any case, does anyone have a JPEG