Hello Group! I too was excited back when Overland announced their tank car offerings.  I ordered one eace of the 8K and 10K gallon GATC "Riveted Tank" models correctly believing both would be proper

I really hate to speculate--especially on this list--but this car looks like a very-much rebuilt car for roadway maintenance service. It looks like a box car body was put on a new underframe...but

My inquiry was poorly worded. Gasoline was shipped by water in a ship to a waterside tank farm like Newburgh, NY, 60 miles north of New York City. I wonder if the gasoline might then be reloaded

Mark, I think you mean the Jeff Koeller article, May 2005 MainlineModeler Tim O' I didn't see this mentioned and maybe I missed it, I believeMainline modeler Magazine had drawings of a C&NW matching

Thanks for the info. I figure I'd change the reweigh date anyway. I'm tempted to add the early sidesill reinforcement to this car, weather it heavily and update the reweigh stencils and repack

In the ORER’s between 1943 and 1945, CB&Q’scompany service tank cars 230000-2315601 were noted “temporarily assigned tocommercial service” to assist with the demand. Rupert Gamlen Auckland

Jim, The vast majority of tank cars used for the transport of crude to the NE were existing cars. Very few new tank cars were built during the war. Many tank cars were idled by the depression and

Hi Tony Yes I know about them I came across some of them a few months ago. I purchased several of them @ 140.oo a piece. Not a cost effective way to build a usable fleet. It would be

We are refering to these ocean going vessels as tankers and barges but my recollection of what we saw in the 1950's were usually refered to as "coastal tankers". These things seemed to be used almost

The use of tank cars in large numbers to transport crude to the NE for refining was essentially a stop-gap wartime measure. It was relatively less expensive, and a lot faster to build large numbers of

Regarding "pipelines on rails" during WW2, the Northern Pacific ran a weekly unit train of aviation gasoline to Seattle. I believe the loaded train going to the Pacific Theater was called the "G

In a message dated 7/7/2015 9:04:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,STMFC@... writes: I didn't see this mentioned and maybe I missed it, I believe Mainlinemodeler Magazine had drawings of a C&NW matching

In a message dated 7/7/2015 9:04:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,STMFC@... writes:

Could also be a wreck repair. Rich Orr Rich Orr wrote > The Shadow Keystone was first applied to the X48 (PS-1) in February 1954 when constructed. > The P2 8-54 is not a paint date it is a

Rich Orr wrote > The Shadow Keystone was first applied to the X48 (PS-1) inFebruary 1954 when constructed. > The P2 8-54 is not a paint date it is a reweigh date. > Built between December 1950

Yep, there were quite a few -- I think about a dozen pre-1960 cars.They were mostly around $75-$100 and they fetch slightly more than that nowbut I don't know that I'd call that "handsome". Brass

The Shadow Keystone was first applied to the X48 (PS-1) in February 1954 when constructed. Beginning mid year 1954 it was being applied to all newly constructed cars and all repaints. The P2 8-54

In 2010 I wrote a message inquiring about sidesill reinforcement for various PRR cars. Several useful replies followed. Reference message 78539, if you care to follow. Now I'm specifically

Dave Boss wrote: Some years back, when Overland brought in their great variety of brass tank cars, each type made was in small numbers, as supposedly Tom Marsh doubted they would sell at all

I never got around to ordering HO scale Warren tank car decals from Jerry Glow before he went out of business. Does anyone know of another source? Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon