Hello Garth! And Group! You put a lot out there, Garth. Let me make a few points. WAG 200-202 were the first and only ORER entries for the new RR which began operations on the first day of 1956.

Too long is a relative term. I soaked my Accurail hopper for five days to finally get all of the paint off. Other plastics may behave differently. Nelson Moyer

The slight slope on that dock makes perfect sense to me, Bob. Most docks I have seen were wood and uncovered but if concrete is used and it is covered why not use a slight slope so that any wind borne

Those were my thoughts also. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Friends, I can't say when tank cars 200-202 came to the WAG, but they are listed in my 1958 ORER. The WAG began operations in either 1954 or 1956 (confusingly Wikipedia offers

A couple of comments from the Model Railroads of Southern California website about Super Clean Degreaser. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA ++++ Rick Watson: "Do not use this on brass models. It eats solder.

In response to Mike Schleigh, Partial shot of WAG

My first thought is that it makes it easier to roll barrels and kegs onto freight cars. It would be interesting to see if there are any sort of guides on the deck to direct the barrels to the car door

I noticed the loading dock in this photo (which does feature a freight car) has a pronounced slant: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-05-26-19/X6991.jpg This is the first slanted

i'd be sorely tempted to buy one :-) -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

So now that Tangent has just announced their Bethlehem gon in WAG, how long before they do their GATC Type 17 in WAG?..... Scott Chatfield

If it were not in PA., this could have been the delivery of our Southern California 1957 4-door Chevy. As a kid, I remember being troubled--should I be glad to have a 57 Chevy, or embarrased to have a

Model Railroader, in their September 1958 issue, presented an article on scratch building these unique cars. Regards from Mike Schleigh in Grove City, Penna., in the middle of heavy weather.

Also Sinclair used a round dot on the dome and had GAT Type 17 tank cars. Steve Hile

My apologies, Don. I mixed up your question with when the RDG introduced speedlettering. As others have pointed out the "America's Largest..." herald was around by your cutoff date. Drew in

All three of the WAG tank cars came from Sinclair. Two were of the 'Type 17' type from General American. WAG 200 was from Pennsylvania Tank Car Company. Regards----Mike Schleigh

A two-part decal (white over black) is SOP for the NYC herald as offered in commercial sets. YMMV, but I would rather deal with the registration problem on the model (HO scale) than in a printer that

I have a photo of RDG 70056, a four bay rib side hopper with a reweigh date of 8-49 with the anthracite logo. I cannot see the class designation on this car, though, as this car has paint damage in

WAG company tank car. Jerry Stewart thinks this could be ex-SDRX (Sinclair) because of the proximity to a Sinclair refinery https://www.ebay.com/itm/123759473545 Tim O' -- *Tim

I hope some enterprising person on this list will use Bruce's drawings from his article and offer the photo-etched parts for the PRR decking. Please announce here if someone does decide to do