Great minds run in the same channels . . . . But then, fools think alike, too . . . SGL Lou, thanks for that information. I imagine (in the absence of more facts) that Gas-Oil Products could

Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

Gents, It seems that Accurail has announced some new tooling on their website at http://www.accurail.com/accurail/new.htm 8300-Series 40' Steel Refrigerator Cars

Richard, You probably have a Model Die Casting "Old Timer" tank car. The basis for the Hercules p/l scheme on that model can be seen in JMJ Productions video "Vintage Rails Vol. 3", about 6 minutes

To make your case, if you examine the 1953 Car Builders Cyclopedia, you'll see in the tank car section that the GATX car built in 1950 had the lines ("bars"), and those built in 1951 and later did

Good point, Richard. Indeed, Section L of the AAR Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices identifies the lettering and marking of cars as an AAR Standard. However, as you point out, so many

Microscale decal set 87-660 has several private roadnames for grey 1958 cu ft covered hoppers, and was inspired by Ed Hawkin's article in the January 1992 RMJ. I haven't obtained this issue yet, and

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True. However, to avoid confusion, note that photographic evidence shows that General American stopped using them more than a decade earlier. It may be added that many other railroads and car

Hi Tim; There are a couple of major differences in this proposal. First is that it is not specifically about freight cars, which limits both its audience (we are pretty much all here) and the number

Hey, it's a new car! :-) I made the floor using a Sunshine mini-kit which he only made for a short time. It consisted of pre-sized pieces of scribed Evergreen (painted) to finish off the interiors of

The artwork shows a home of Oxford, PA which is in Chester County, PA. Chester County is due west of Philadephia sharing a common border with Philadelphia County. This may help track down the

The removal of the lines above and below the reporting marks was approved by letter ballot to take effect on March 1, 1957. Bob Karig

John, I don't have an exact date but it was about 1945, as best I can determine from photographic evidence. So the answer depends on how much you want to weather your model. In 1950, there were

The tanks are too large - 11,000 gal., a size that was seldom used for ICC-104 cars, most of which were 8,000 or 10,000 gal. Richard Hendrickson

Tom, this is great info, thank you so much. And thanks also to everyone else who contributed, it is greatly appreciated. Jim Harr Stella Scale Models www.stellascalemodels.com

John,  I believe the line above and below the reporting marks was recommended, but not required, practice by the AAR or ICC. In reviewing numerous stenciling diagrams of steam era freight cars

Bruce, That will be really cool! Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Pieter, we've already discussed such a group effort many times. We even started a Yahoo group with the idea of creating a WIKI web site for freight car modeling information. It's a great idea but

A friend of mine did this with Athearn's old "chemical" tank car and a Tichy dome. It does change the appearance quite a bit -- but whether there is an actual prototype... ? That's an open