At least out here in the West, in the Steam era, before Propane was widespread, Butane was the major bottled gas for home, farm and industry. Sometime in the 60s Butane seemed to vanish, being

Randy Hammill wrote: Randy, are you sure it's butane? Most heating applications for home or business use propane. Butane liquifies within the useful pressure range of storage, at pressures where

Randy The Atlas web site provides a handy index of past production, so you can check the 11,000 gallon tank cars (5 releases since 2003) http://www.atlasrr.com/hoproducts.htm Tim

Thanks Andy, That is what I got from the RPM website and the A-Line website. I guess a note to Joe is in order. Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road, West Branch Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302)

Randy -   You need to get a copy of Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 7. There are 21 pages devoted to LPG tank cars with 26 pictures of suitable cars as well as a description of their construction

Gentlemen,   The 2011 St. Louis RPM Meet, which was held this weekend (Aug 5th and 6th) at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, IL, was a was a great success!  We had 270 attendees that

The 1906 - 1923 H&B freight car drawings at the IRM Pullman Library are starting to shape up with a few very fragmented drawings yet to piece together, the others now in 18 flat file drawers, 100 to

Butane WAS a liquified petroleum gas so, yes, that's correct. Some time spent with an ORER from the early '50s will turn up a number of northeastern region private owners, and the major tank car

Tom Olsen asked: "How do you sign up for the Friends of the Freight Car dinner?" Good question Tom. It was shown on the registration form I received directly from Joe D'Elia, as "Thur. night -

Tony, The question that I should have asked regarding the dinner in addition to the one about the shirts was: How do you sign up for the Friends of the Freight Car dinner? Remembering the problem

Hi - I'm modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954. I have an industry that apparently regularly received tank cars of butane. I'm guessing that butane would be shipped in the same types of tank

<<Oops, I omitted at least one issue -- RMJ 5/1991 -- http://www.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/61/4412/may-1991-page-44 Tim O' :-)>> Tim, Thanks for the additional info. Link is filed for future

Tim O'Connor speaks: <<Wow. Ya know, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect modelers here to be able to do at some least SOME of their own research. I just did a quick scan of my saved emails and

Oops, I omitted at least one issue -- RMJ 5/1991 -- http://www.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/61/4412/may-1991-page-44 Tim O' :-)

Ed I think of it as something of a "fad" -- after metal roofs were adopted, they needed protection from rust. First came galvanization which helped a lot, especially when painted, but then someone

Oh! Indeed!! Backbreaking expense!! NOT. SGL Bill Dixon wrote: I note that Barge Cement costs $3.29 for 3/4 ounce. A bit steeper than canopy cement. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

Bill Dixon wrote: I note that Barge Cement costs $3.29 for 3/4 ounce. A bit steeper than canopy cement. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

As usual Walthers: Canopy Glue - 2 Ounce Bottle Walthers Part # 547-56, p. 821 Walthers 2011 HO Scale Reference $3.99, currently in stock at Walthers Bill Dixon

Jim, Black car cement was in use on freight cars throughout the 1940s and well into the 1950s if not later. As an example, Pullman-Standard used black car cement extensively during the 1950s to coat

Ron Merrick wrote: I'd say not stringy at all. In the jar, it acts and looks like white glue. Tony Thompson 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail: