Victor, There's a fantastic article in latest Craftsman. Clark Propst

Thanks Ed, The Kato website says they're 70 ton! They were made for their 1958 cu ft covered hopper. Glad to hear they're 50 ton !!! The N&W Kadee model is #44324. I have documents for 2 cars in that

Plenty of sugar cane in Louisiana and eastern Texas too. Another source of molasses is wood fiber -- there was an article some while back of molasses production at a fibre-board mill in Duluth. Tim

SP tank cars were used for many commercial shipments including cottonseed oil. Tony Thompson

Hi John, Thanks. I ordered the 7/66 MR from Railpub. Bill McCoy Jax, FL

Clark P asked: Kadee just introduced one: http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/page566.htm And yes Clark, all of your 1,958cf cement hoppers should have 70-ton trucks. Scott Chatfield

"wabash2813" Victor Baird wrote: Sugar beets manufactured in the Midwest? sugar beet manufacturing facilities in the U.S. > Victor, Buy the October 2010 issue of RMC that contains a 10-page article

Can anyone direct me to a photo of this series? I recently came across an old Walthers kit, that I built about 15 years ago, and I think I'll re-detail it for the prototype it's closest to. -- TIA

Now all I need to do is figure out a likely origin for my molasses. Sugar beets manufactured in the Midwest? "Jeff Wilson's Industries Along the Tracks 3" shows a 1959 map of sugar beet manufacturing

Thanks for the info Tim. Victor Baird Fort Wayne, Indiana

Thanks Don It did not occur to me to use Walthers as a resource Bill Welch

IMO, the Kato journals are the right size for 5-1/2"x10" journals--50-ton. The Kato A-3 truck has the proper wheelbase, 5'-6", for a 50-ton truck, and their spring detail represents the 5 coil

Charles, I think (hope) that Richard Hendrickson will forgive me for reposting this old message (from 1998) to the old Freightcars mailing list. I hope it answers your question. Tim

Tim, I assume this would also apply to the transportion of cotton seed oil from cotton presses. I am modeling a facility in Texas that shipped cotton seed oil. One of their customers was a paint

Victor Molasses/sugar was usually transported in plain old ICC 103 tank cars, from 8,000 to 12,000 gallons. They had heater pipes inside the tank, into which steam was injected to warm the syrup when

From what I can tell: Style #1 Long Tab Body, Murphy Panel Roof, 4/4 Dreadnaught Ends Style #2 Long Tab Body, 11-Panel Flat Riveted Roof, Riveted Ends Style #3 Short Tab Body, Hutchins

Kadee's new HGC trucks have excellent performance. Compared to the old metal sideframes it's like night and day. Have you got car numbers for the N&W and WP cars? Those two railroads had multiple

Clark Propst wrote Clark, I'm curious how this was determined. I've never been sure about the Kato trucks -- the wheel base is 5'6" by my calipers, correct for most 50 ton trucks. But the journals

I am trying to sort out which of these item numbers matches the UNDECORATED Atlas C&O 1932 car with the radial roof. The Atlas Summer announcement on their website does not describe these. 20 000

Tom Except that, as Jeff pointed out, it is already available for free on an archival web site. Ownership is one thing -- the internet is another. Tim O'Connor