I already had that photo on my hard drive and I agree with Tony, itstruck me as a GATC tank car. I have over a dozen shots of UTLX 3-dome tank carsand this is the only one that looks remotely like

Yes, the closest one is a Type X converted to a 3-dome car at some point. It was not unusual for older tanks to be converted in the '30s and '40s to handle specialized commodities in small quantities.

gary laakso wrote: The Richard Hendrickson photo collection contains photos of GATX cars exactly like the rear tank car in that photo. Not saying it's not UTLX, just saying it could be other

And since this is the UP, that 3 dome tank car is coupled to a differenttype of 3 dome tank car : http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1947-Sep-Ogden/i-8P9ggSK/A The 4 step

Bill Pardie asked: "I would like a recommendation for the best currently available decals for a [HO scale] Pennsylvania X23 boxcar. I am doing the later version with the circle keystone herald." To

Thanks Ben. HO scale. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

Bill Pardie asked: "I hope that everyone had a railroad treasure under their tree. I would like a recommendation for the best currently available decals for a Pennsylvania X-23 boxcar. I am doing

Richard, this article in Railway Master Mechanic has a photo and drawings: https://archive.org/stream/railwaymastermec38newy#page/182/mode/2up Eric Lombard Homewood, IL Eric Lombard Homewood,

Westerfield do the Pennsy x23 and their decals are available separately. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Samsung mobile "WILLIAM PARDIE PARDIEW001@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:

Happy Holidays All: I hope that everyone had a railroad treasure under their tree. I would like a recommendation for the best currently available decals for a Pennsylvania X-23 boxcar. I am doing

Since it's Friday, I'll remind everyone that the Signature Press Winter Sale just has a few days to run, through Dec. 31. So if you'd like to take advantage of reduced prices on selected titles, you

Both of these cars would be excellent kit conversions to be offered by a purveyor of resin parts/kits. They are basically ten panel side bodies applied on the underframes of the donor cars; the only

Hi Brad - If you haven't found someone else to do this yet, please send me a cut or good photo of the herald and I'll see what I can do. Any dimensions you have would help. Ken Soroos

N&W drawing shows a rectangular-panel roof, though that was right around the time of the transition to diagonal panels. https://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=4238 More stuff here: NWHS Archives

Dave, The car I photographed must be one of the ex-NYC cars, as this seems to fit the design. It was probably 2022. As I said, the photo is somewhat blurred, and the car was shot from

Ben, No, not the same car, but a very interesting one. I saw one these B7a boxcars in MW service a few years ago, and there are/were three rusting away on blocks in Crewe, VA. in the NS

Thank you David There have been references on here in the past to the B7a having diagonal panel roofs, but the NWHS images show something more akin to a rectangular panel roof. I am wondering which

I am not sure if this helps or hurts: The Georgia Railroad (GA), the Atlanta & West Point RR (A&WP), and the Western Railway of Alabama (WofA) were affiliated and/or associated with each other. The

I know this is a late reply but somehow I missed this message. The C of G got 2 different lots of the 50’ cars with the “blimp” plant scheme. These came in 54’ and 56’. The C of G cars came

Quick A&D rundown: 2001-2035 were ex-NYC; steel rebuilds of their 1916 DS automobile box cars 2100-2174 were ex-N&W BSb; single-door conversions of the 3-panel-end, 1-1/2 door class BS 2200-2299 were