Collection pins down the photo date somewhere between 1870 and 1948. Al Kresse

--- In STMFC@..., "Dave Evans" wrote: "I have found the CofG historical order page - it shows the ventilators as still available." Dave, while I can't help you with ventilator models, I

Richard, The location in the collection materials is given as, "1948/Box 3/Folder 79/18". 1948 seems plausible. Bill, If you look in the middle photo you cite, you can see the cable, and the last

Rick Aylsworth wrote: Rick, the tank doesn't just drain when you open the bottom outlet pipe. There is a valve inside the tank which has to be opened. The handwheel to operate that valve is up

Hello Ed and Group, Thank you for your reply. I guess a kit may be in our future... if... one can hold one's breath long enough. We can always hope. Happy Modeling, Bill Keene Irvine,

Hello Group, There are a couple of more photos of this truck in the set of photos on the Flickr site. One of these is a detail photo of one end of the truck frame. In it one can see what looks to be

There are a number of photos of this truck in the Diver collection,

If you look closely at the left side of the truck, there appears to be a bar running thru the U section, continuing under the center of the sideframe, thence to the other cylinder. In the absence of

Bill, Unfortunately no. While the cars were "standardized" there were three different door openings (6', 7', and 8'), each of which changed the side panel spacing. There were also 4 ends that were

An experimental truck of some sort, Richard, as I've never seen evidence of a truck of this design in revenue service. And the dating is wildly incorrect, as both the side frames and bolster are

Hello Group, In the September, 1990, issue of Mainline Modeler magazine there is an article with photos about the ACF Standardized Welded Boxcar. Has this boxcar ever been offered as a kit in HO

Dennis Storzek wrote: "Tom, your information is very factual, and undoubtedly entirely correct for the current era, but it seems that most, if not all, oil unloading cranes used at the small bulk

Tom, your information is very factual, and undoubtedly entirely correct for the current era, but it seems that most, if not all, oil unloading cranes used at the small bulk plants during the steam era

From the Cornell University collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/3739520322/in/set-72157621743681242/ Richard Wilkens

Another question I have is even with tank cars of gasoline did they need to prime the line from the tank car to the pump? I was told they used gear pumps that didn't need primimg. Clark Propst

Jim There are customers who want to unload out the top of the car for (perceived) safety reasons. If they have a rack to use during unloading, they don't have to be under the car at all, except for

The advantage of using the bottom outlet is to empty the tank. If you use the eduction pipe for off loading then there will be at least a couple of inches of product left in the tank as most eduction

Seems to me that if they used the bottom outlet, they would have to open the dome anyway to let air in as the tank emptied. And unless the tank was up on a trestle or was draining into an underground

I can only admire the ingenuity in engineering methods of heating and otherwise preparing the contents of a tank car for pressurized pumping of the material up and out of the dome. But why not let if

Tim O'Connor wrote: It sure is. Be patient, Armand. Won't be much longer. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705