Tony, I'd sure like a copy too please. I'll be running Flying A tank cars from the Associated Oil dock in Seattle on my currently under construction layout. Doug Paasch

Thanks Tony: Bill Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I have a good one, Bill, but am away from home this weekend. Tony Thompson

Hi William, Maybe you can find it here: https://tinyurl.com/5xw2svwk Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantment

Does anyone have a clear photo or drawing of the Flying A logo on the end of the tank in this photo? I am in particular looking for the lettering below the FLYINBG A. Thaks for any help: Bill Pardie

In the 1940 ORER, URTX 89000 to 89049 (50 cars?) are listed as having "steam line and valve but no hose" !! Whatever that means - I can guess that it means the cars -could-

Hello Tim, many thanks for the nice photo! This car clearly does not have steam heat lines - so I don't have to add them, fortunately. (But of course it wouldn't be a problem either.) Al Brown

Now that I think on it, I may even have a photo of the prototype taken in Austin MN back in 1977 or so. Thanks! — Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "BRIAN PAUL EHNI

Late to the discussion, but I believe I have one of the MILW 50’ brass cars in HO. I can photograph it when I get home from Collinsville. Thanks! — Brian Ehni From:

I don't know of any on line, but here are a couple. SRLX 14991 is from my collection, and SRLX 14994 is from the 1943 CBC. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Richard do you know of any photos of the Swift cars that are online? Thanks Scott McDonald

Jack, You are, of course, correct and I forgot to consider this. I seem to recall the Pfaudler cars built in the thirties had wood sheathed bodies with prominent lifting lugs on the side plates; the

The Swift cars were built in 1934. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Dennis, I agree that there seems to be a shared design here, but perhaps the lineage runs the other way. If my memory serves, all of the steel 50' Pfaudler cars were built postwar. The reefer in

I believe the Pfaulder milk tank cars had cork as insulation wrapped around the enameled tanks, I was inside the car at the MOT St Louis and can’t remember if there was insulation on the walls also;

There was a series of Swift reefers that als was similar to the MILW cars and the Pfaudler cars

That's really great Ben! How did I miss that one? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Yeah, I was thinking that they didn't look like they ever had steam lines, nor buffers, but that separate plate across the bottom of the end could have been a patch, so lack of buffers was

George Courtney wrote: "I've got 5, late steam era Equipco Brake Wheels. Does anyone know what freight cars they could be found on for a 1953 model railroad. Just need 5 names if possible. These

Thanks, guys for the help. Much appreciated. George Courtney