Tangent Scale Models is proud to introduce our next production of General American 8,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Cars. By the end of World War I, U.S. production of oil and

Bruce, Um, how do you attribute the GATC 1917-Design to being "a minority car?" I am curious, do you have any numbers to back that statement up? Best wishes, David Lehlbach Tangent Scale Models

Eric Hansmann said: "FYI, Tangent has released two tank sizes of these GATX type 17 prototypes; 8,000 and 10,000 gallon versions". Actually Eric, we have released three. Aside from the two

FYI, Tangent has released two tank sizes of these GATX type 17 prototypes; 8,000 and 10,000 gallon versions. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Thanks guys. It appears that the GATX fleet was much more varied than I initially thought. Reexamination of the various solid blocks of GATX tank cars in many consists is probably in order. -Phil

Phil, On a practical level, the cars modeled by Tangent are a 1917 design so they are technologically outdated by WWII, and that is also reflected in the radial course design. The later GATC (and

First is not GATX. It’s CGTX. The poster was asking about GATX. The Type 17’s would be in the tariff but I haven’t tried to figure out fleets. To me it’s a rabbit-hole that would never end

Phil, that may be possible, but I haven't tried it either. My comments pertained to RTRs and out-of-the-box kits. Even with the Tangent 1917 design cars, I don't have a good sense of how many of them

Dave, If I'm not mistaken, David Lehlbach has identified the possibility of modeling at least some of the 1920s longitudinal-course cars by mating an Intermountain tank with a Tangent Type 17

I'm with Bruce on this. In addition to the (good luck!) Sunshine Type 30s, there are no models for the many 1920s cars with longitudinal course. We see them in photos, we know they existed,

Bruce, I was unaware that this was a minority car. It just appeared to me that because of the varied types of STC cars from SC&F and GATC cars from Tangent that a variegated fleet could be composed.

Bruce Smith wrote: Well said, Mr. Smith. Tony Thompson tony@...

Phil, Um, how does the advent of a single car type in the vastness of the General American fleet make it possible to build “a credible fleet of many types of GA tank cars”? I mean, it’s great

Except the first, which is a 1955 and later scheme. Schuyler

Yes, I’d like to see this too, though extending back into the mid-40s would be of greater interest. Schuyler

The GATX cars released all have k brakes. Brian J. Carlson

Photo: Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Boxcar (Circa 1910) A photo from the Detroit Public Library: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A176589 Click

Photo: GATX 15039/Mid-Co Tank Car (1919) A photo from the Detroit Public Library: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A214706 Click and hold to enlarge

Now that Tangent has released the plain black GATX version of the Type 17, the possibility of building a credible fleet of many types of GA tank cars is near to realization. Does anyone have a fleet

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