It's all covered in cinders too. Scott McDonald

We discussed this photo 2 or 3 years ago, Iirc. As I recall, it was assumed these cars were for salt. To me that seems unlikely. Why ship brine instead of shipping rock salt? To put it another way,

Yes, and there are several messages in the archives concerning the Federal Tank Line fleet. And, as Jim Gates told us in one such message, its fleet of 740 cars was absorbed into GATX in 1926. Those

The short answer is probably yes. We used this photo in the UTLX book. FTX was a short lived mark as the company using it was formed to dispose of “war surplus” from WWI. So, a more interesting

Could this FTX tank car by modeled in HO scale by using a Tangent GATX 1917 tank on a Tichy underframe? Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Notice the brake chain running outside of the B end truck from the brake staff to the rigging under the car. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Love those end platforms! -- Ken Akerboom

...being ignored by dapper Dan standing on the side of the gon. Jack

Kevin, These were a small series numbered 1201-1225 pulled from the 1941-2 built 9000-9449 series 10'-0" IH '37 AAR boxcars. They were originally boxcar red, but painted gray with the lettering you

Third picture, tank car, probably Tyco. Note horn hook coupler between it and the car in front of/behind it. I'm guessing the "train" is placed in front of a photo of the building (photo

Both! I placed a red washer under the BLT car and filed the bolster down on the IM car. Clark

But which one :-) Dan Smith

While it may sting at first, I think gentle constructive criticism could be more common for model photos posted to io groups. Too often, responders to posted model photo call cars ‘great’ when in

perfect! :-) -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

That's more better! Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

I made some height adjustments. Here's a new photo. Clark

Photo: Shipping Bells In A Gondola (Circa 1920s) Photo from the Indiana Historical Society: https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/dc012/id/15242/rec/2 Click on the arrows and scroll

Photo: Hauser-Stander Tank Cars (1926) Photo from the Indiana Historical Society: https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll21/id/94/rec/1 Click on the arrows and scroll to

Photo: Lincoln Oil Tank Car FTX 10073 (Circa 1925) Photo from the Indiana Historical Society: https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/P0129/id/1557/rec/21 Click on the arrows and

Leave it to the Hawkeye's on this group to pick out the height discrepancy ; )) These are RTR cars that the previous owner ran, so I never paid any attention. Was more interested in correcting the