Elden, I believe the MTS brass model of the "ACF Chlorine Tank Car" you referenced came with decals for the Hooker Chemical Company and for the Pennsylvania Salt Company. Per MTS, the flatcars

All, I am seeking information on the traffic patterns for auto parts out of Ford's Rouge plant to their assembly plant in Seattle, WA (circa 1930). Rail mileage listed within one publication I found

Steve, My thanks to all who responded to my request "Does anyone have experience in obtaining Canadian National railroad photos? And if so, can you provide me with that how-to info? I'd like to

Modelers, I’ve been working on many new decal sets and I got a bunch in the mail from the printers that are now in stock and online. So, the following are now available for sale: In HO Scale PRR

Terry Wegmann was a great toolmaker but in today's world it is far less costly to develop a good program in prototype feet and inches and then make the tooling in any scale you want. You make the

Great stuff, Steve, thanks! Dan Sweeney, Jr. Alexandria, VA

The tanks were obviously for smaller cutomers. They were known as "One-ton tanks," and are so shown in Kaminski's AC&F tank car book. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Bill, I can only answer your second question. When AB brakes were installed to replace K brakes there would be no change to the foundation brake gear (the rods and levers) because the weight of the

Among the many deficiencies of InterMountain's Type 27 AC&F Type 27 tank car underframe, the tank saddles are particularly lame, completely devoid of the heavy bolts or rivets so visible in photos

Bill, Welcome to the land of the brake foundations and the differences between the Steven and Hodges foundation systems. This was covered in the Colorado Midland Quarterly in 2010. Tom

I am in the process of detailing the InterMountain AC&F Type 27 underframe that I will report on in a separate critique. For the car I am modeling, and from what I can tell in general from the

Hi Bill and List Members, Bill asked: I've worked for industrial gas manufacturing companies in the past, altho never for a chlorine manufacturer. I suspect these removable tanks were intended to be

In an attempt to better understand Freight Car Brake System nomenclature I stumbled upon this document. Maybe someone has already mentioned it but just in

Larry-- The CN Images of Canada photo collection is online, and free. And I found the shots that you're looking for. The first three are taken at Halifax,

As a one-time Army chemical officer I suspect that the tanks were kept small to minimize accidental releases during transit and at the final destination.  John B. Allyn

Folks, The latest issue of TKM (The Keystone Modeler) is now available for download at: http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/newPRRKeystoneModeler.htm Articles include - Modeling a Cafe Coach -

Bill, It's been done in brass in HO and O. Can't remember by whom. Not sure about the 1.5 ton statement though, these appear smaller than that. My understanding is that the smaller tanks

I received word this PM from UPS that a parcel from "Model Shapeways" was heading my way, which means my UTLX underframe has been "printed." (How strange that is to say?!) Excellent turn around on

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Bill; Those are the 106's, right? I bought a brass version (MTS?) in HO, after I talked to a local water treatment guy who told me industries/water

Bill - Chlorine is and was used to disinfect water. In our small suburb, small tanks of chlorine are still trucked in to be sparged into drinking water from wells. This was done even in large