Hi Eldon; John Nehrich had an article on detailing the Roco heavy duty DOD flat to carry (appropriately) a pair of tanks. Richard Hendricksen published an article on detailing the Athearn 40 ft.

Yes and NO! The ECW car represents a 36', 90 ton Commonwealth casting that was sold to a number of railroads, but definitely not the PRR. Owners of this car included the NYC and B&A), New Haven,

Jon Miller wrote: I agree, Jon. Note I didn't say it would be fun <g>. Imagine walking the tops even of house cars in a driving rain, or in a blizzard with ice on running boards. Tony

Brian Chapman wrote: Brian, Your question relates to "petroleum" tank cars. ACF did not have a monopoly on tank car manufacture in the 1950's. GATX first assembled tank cars in 1907. UTLX began to

Doesn't Eastern Car Works make a depressed center flat? IIRC, it is good for the PRR. I think there was an article in MR a while back. I can't seem to find their web site to see the details, but

Folks; I think Charlie et al. are correct, both were military prototypes, as I recall from when I was doing more research on flat cars and modeling. I believe the HD flat they made was a Magor-built

Steve Bishop wrote: from 1955 and it included two tankcars for Suburban Propane. Any idea what these might have been and if there is anything similiar to model them in HO? >

1955 and it included two tankcars for Suburban Propane. Any idea what these might have been and if there is anything similiar to model them in HO? Steve Bishop

very few tankcars larger than 12,000 gallons were built . . . before 1963, 6,500g, 8,000g, 10,000g, and 11,500g tanks were the most common sizes, but the more important factor is the type of tankcar,

I don't have the two cars to compare, but I suspect the Bachmann car is a copy of the earlier Roco / AHM car (which was later run by E-R Models). The Roco car was one of two heavy duty flats released

Thanks to all that provided info on these cars. A HOn3 kit will be out some time this year. Another company is working on the Sn3 version. eric

Jerry, Roco also sold one about 20 years ago, and they show up at train meets. Keep an eye out for the red box w/ blue & white lettering. The details are very reasonable, however, IIRC,

I just tried to delete back to the directory and it said "access denied" so I guess we're out of luck unless someone posts specific ones. I seem to remember AHM had a 6wh truck depressed center flat

Missouri Pacific had some in this nomimal range. One of the E&P Models versions was labeled as correct for MP. I'm almost certain the MP ones had Commonwealth or similiar design trucks. Train Shed

On Thu, July 14, 2005 4:27 am, Tom Jones III said: Um Tom, Not if you BLED them, which is typically what happens when cars are switched. This is a COMMON cause of runaway cars! Thus it is PERFECTLY

The Bachman flat appears to have as its prototype a depressed center flat built for the US Army as "Railway Car, Flat, Depressed Center, 70 Ton (63 Metric Ton), 12 Wheel, Foreign Service." Since

Sorry for the OT, thought this was traintools, and didn't look. Pete _____________________________________________________ Pete Brown - Gambrills, MD (Near Annapolis) Visit my personal site

What kind of compressor do you guys use? Do you end up needing any other hardware other than the compressor, gun and booth? I've seen some with tanks and all sorts of other "stuff", but I wasn't sure

Couldn't be done or shouldn't be done?My Grandfather who was a brakeman, was killed when he lost his balance and fell between two cars of a moving train.Armand Premo