That is nice freight car photos collection! Thanks for pointing it out. Tim O'Connor

Yes it is a CO2 car, but I believe it was used to ship "dry ice" (solid CO2) rather than liquified as is mostly done nowadays. Not only private operators but also some railroads (Santa Fe) owned dry

Scott: Its for the shipment of Dry Ice. Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 12:25

I noticed on an O Scale site recently that there is a resin kit for these Bill Welch

Liquid Carbonic Acid, CO2, is used to put the fizz in sodas. The LC Company started apparently in 1913 in Kansas City, and not only sold CO2 but made a popular soda fountain using the commercial size

I think it's for dry ice shipments.   Tom Warne

A guess would be Liquid Carbonic, and the second builder's photo on the page clearly shows a build date of 1935. I think LC was shipped in cylinders, but someone else may have more accurate

The Keystone Modeler #8 has a really good article covering the H30 (and H30A). On page 24 of TKM #8, there is a photo of the B end of an H30 (car number not visible). This brake wheel matches the

I was surfing the net and stumbled across this site with this picture. http://www.billspennsyphotos.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=82586961 Anybody know what its purpose was or what it hauled or time

As noted briefly previously, assembly of this very interesting-prototype car kit from RAIL SHOP, INC ( http://www.railshop.net/product_info.php?products_id=70) has been one of my several absorbing

To Ben and everyone else who replied, thanks! I'll try making an HO Athearn 4-bay into an IC 3-bay. Just a little cutting and splicing and comparing a mocked-up model model to the real thing. Which

Claus Schlund wrote: Claus, Thanks for sharing. Not trying to be critical, just stating prototype data, but if you model 1929, your D&H Seley hoppers should be painted red, not black. The D&H did

Definitely a USRA hopper (just what we need more of, right?). From my internet search it must be MTH. Only saw one for a moment but my those grab irons are incredible! Trainland is much smaller than

Steve - Do you have anything resembling a plan for the earlier cars in Lots 671-H and 680-H? I have the NYC freight car diagrams for each, but only have an erection drawing from the 1953 CBC for the

Gents--We have been having an interesting offlist discussion about these cars, but for me an important question remains unresolved. What color were they? From b&w photos on the CASO site, it seems

It's interesting that you ask because I have an old Eastern Car Works kit I plan on so doing and have done artwork for decals http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/samples/NYC_Enterprise_hopper.jpg I

Sheet lead is still a common commodity available from most plumbing supply houses. I recently purchased some after the final exhaustion of my "lifetime" supply of type slugs and medical sheeting,

They look great Claus! Mark Morgan ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 2:37:30 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: D&H composite Seley

Brian, Equipment books show ASF A-3 trucks. Photos show Miner handbrakes. Don't know what type running boards were used. Cars were built by GATC in 1957. Chet French Dixon, IL

I have no NYDX decals for this out of production kit. CP & CN decals for his kits are available from me. Allen Ferguson Black Cat Publications