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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Dave Parker
All:
Many thanks to both Steve and David for jogging my feeble memory about the 1922-47 data in the Epstein book. I knew they were there, but had never gotten around to studying them. I want to make a few follow-up observations and comments. 1. First, just to reiterate my point that the Railway Age data reflect orders placed, not cars built, where as the Epstein tabulation reflects the latter. Also, as I understand the accompanying narratives in RA, orders from private lines were self-reported by the buyer, not the builder. The editors seem to have felt that most companies were quite assiduous about accurate reporting, but these data should probably be taken with a couple of grains of salt. The Epstein data are likely quite a bit "firmer". 2. I misspoke in an earlier post. While the October, 1919, ORER gives the GATX fleet as 4540 cars, the August tariff book shows something like 6500+ cars. I cannot account for this discrepancy, except to speculate that GA was "lazy" about sending current car-counts to the register. 3. David, your first table shows "Body Design", but a little further down the page your refer to them as "frame designs". I can easily spot the difference between the 1917 frame and the 1928, but I am somewhat fuzzy on what changes occurred in 1922 and 1926. I have heretofore thought of the transition from the 1917 to 1922 designs as being a tank change, i.e., the switch from radial to longitudinal courses. My sense from Ted's SEFCRM book is that a lot of this had to do with center tank anchors and bolster supports, but I have never seen the transitions enumerated in any detail. Can you help? 4. Also, I am naturally skeptical of the sharp cutoffs implied by the construction of your first table. Much of this is based on experience with the ACF tank cars of the 1920s. "Type 21" cars first appeared in 1920, and were built until 1929 at least (I recently finished a Shell car that was built 4/29). There are scattered occurrences of intermediate types (25, 26 IIRC) before the advent of the Type 27, very few of which where actually built in the 1920s. So, my guess would be that the GATC cars evolved in a similarly erratic manner. If the 1917 design involved a distinct frame design, do we know that the switch from radial to longitudinal courses matched up exactly with a change in the frame? Was there a length difference anywhere as was the case with the ACF 21 to 27 transition? 5. I did spend a bit more time poring over the 1919 tariff. In the latter half of the tabulation there are large blocks of 8000-gal cars with 198-gal domes, and these match up with the Tangent model.. These are almost certainly MCB Class III cars (IMO), and thus 1917 design cars. My best guess is that there were somewhere between 2000 and 2400 of these cars on the GATX roster in the summer of 1919, so that's a starting point as to abundance. There were also some 10,000-gal cars with 270-gal domes that seem likely to have been 1917 cars, but not nearly as many as the 8000-gal version (I have not tried to count these yet). 6. One exercise that I have enjoyed with these 1917 GA cars is to see where they could fit into fleets of interest to me. The various (and very cool) schemes issued by Tangent thus far seldom line up with the combination of geography, industry, and era (1934) that I model, so I have dug around looking for better "fits" that can be created using undecs or kits. So, in addition to GATX cars themselves, I have focused on: Sinclair cars (1000 8000-gal and 300 10,000-gal cars purchased new; more were added later with second-hand purchases) UTLX (1000 cars initially. The Tangent model of this was a must-have, but only one. There were so many more UTLX V, X, and X-3 cars out there!). Gulf (350 cars new but, disappointingly, they dropped out of the ORERs between 1926 and 1930) Barrett Tarvia (very cool asphalt cars mostly built by GA, but a bit tricky to sort out. Correct dome size is a significant issue here, but I will likely end up with one car). So far, that's about it for me. As I mentioned earlier, the Railway Age tabulations show a great many purchases of 1, 10, 25, or 50 cars by obscure (and a few not-so-obscure) petroleum companies, so many of these would only show up in specialized, local/regional circumstances. And to reiterate David's point, many of these wound up back at GTAX (or UTLX, or Sinclair) after ~1930, so confirmation from photos, ORERs, and tariff books is really needed for accurate placement on 1940s and 1950s layouts. Again, I hope this is helpful and germane to the original post. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
David,
In real life, I am a scientist. I form hypotheses based on the available evidence, and when that evidence changes, I am happy to adjust my hypothesis. The data you have provided is really interesting! Thank you. And I never ever considered you a "dumb manufacturer"!
Regards,
Bruce
PS. I am lookiong forward to that "type 30"!
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tangent Scale Models via groups.io <tangentscalemodels@...>
Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:00 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] GATX fleet breakdown? Guys,
Thanks to Dave Parker for sharing his research from Railway Age tabulations and subsequent analysis on the likely GATC production numbers for the first years of General American production, including the subject cars here, the 1917-Design tanks. (Bruce, the German American name was dropped in 1916).
I too have done my own research on this, and built my own business case for spending lots of money tooling the 1917-tanks. Spoiler alert for Bruce Smith (and Tony Thompson who seemed to resoundingly agree): they are not “minority cars.” If you will indulge a “dumb manufacturer” (but one who does his homework) to weigh in, please read on.
First let’s look at the numbers. Here is the raw data of GATC tank car builds, by production year, compiled from Dave Parker’s 1917-1921 data and the stated production numbers in Epstein’s “A History of General American Transportation Corporation.” Also included is a key element, which is the body type.
Now when those numbers are aggregated, you can see the breakdowns by body type:
So you might say, you see! The 1917-design is only 25% - there are more numerous GATC builds! Yes, that is true from a raw numbers standpoint, but let’s peel that onion a bit more, and look at how many carbodies were built by GATC for each frame design:
So is the 1917-Design a “minority car?” A few comments:
But what about the “Type 30s!” Conversely, the 1928-Design cars (dubbed “Type 30”) were produced in larger numbers at 43%, or 15,570 cars at least, possibly a few more in 1945 and 1928. But consider this. By 1928, based on market demand for specialized service tank cars, GATC had introduced many tank car size and type options. As the table above states, I count at least 30 different body types sitting on 1928-design underframes (of varying lengths just to add to the complexity). Yes, the 8,000 and 10,000 non-insulated cars were significant cars, but there were many other significant cars as well, and in multiple body configurations:
This is the closest analysis we will get to figuring out whether the 1917-design tank is a minority car. I think it is very clear it is not, since 2 car types dominated the total production of 9,079 cars. The “Type 30” 1928-design is spread out amongst many different designs, not just the 8,000 and 10,000 gallon non-insulated, non-pressurized car types. So 15,570 total production is heavily diluted by car type.
And speaking of diluted, how many were built per year? This table will assess that:
The 1917-design had ~DOUBLE the production pace of the “Type 30” 1928-design. Yes, the 1928-design had to contend with the depression, as well as the corresponding turmoil of demand for oil and similar products, but they also had to contend with “tooling” changes for the different tank car types they were constructing.
Is the 1917-design a minority car? I think the GATC 1917-design is probably a DRAW with the 1928-design “Type 30” - at best.
Bruce, next time just say you wished Tangent would have done the "Type 30." Don't despair though, both will be in the Tangent product line.
David Lehlbach Tangent Scale Models
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Re: RP Cyc #35
Ted Schnepf
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Re: RP Cyc #35
np328
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Tony Thompson
David Lehlbach wrote:
Actually, David, I was agreeing with Bruce's opinion that the Type 17 doesn't allow one to, as it were, "create a complete GATC fleet." As a 1953 modeler, I have four of your Type 17s myself and am happy to have them. If someone called you a "dumb manufacturer," I didn't notice it, and would have vigorously disputed it. Bruce seems to think that the Type 17's obsolete design by WW II (which it was) would have led to them disappearing, but tank cars typically had very long lives. There is ample photo documentation in the 1950s of lots of radial-course tank cars still in service -- which is why I have yours, along with some SP ones that I made with Archer rivets. And if a Type 30 is in our future, I am as ecstatic as anyone!Tony Thompson
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Tangent Scale Models
Guys,
Thanks to Dave Parker for sharing his research from Railway Age tabulations and subsequent analysis on the likely GATC production numbers for the first years of General American production, including the subject cars here, the 1917-Design tanks. (Bruce, the German American name was dropped in 1916).
I too have done my own research on this, and built my own business case for spending lots of money tooling the 1917-tanks. Spoiler alert for Bruce Smith (and Tony Thompson who seemed to resoundingly agree): they are not “minority cars.” If you will indulge a “dumb manufacturer” (but one who does his homework) to weigh in, please read on.
First let’s look at the numbers. Here is the raw data of GATC tank car builds, by production year, compiled from Dave Parker’s 1917-1921 data and the stated production numbers in Epstein’s “A History of General American Transportation Corporation.” Also included is a key element, which is the body type.
Now when those numbers are aggregated, you can see the breakdowns by body type:
So you might say, you see! The 1917-design is only 25% - there are more numerous GATC builds! Yes, that is true from a raw numbers standpoint, but let’s peel that onion a bit more, and look at how many carbodies were built by GATC for each frame design:
So is the 1917-Design a “minority car?” A few comments:
But what about the “Type 30s!” Conversely, the 1928-Design cars (dubbed “Type 30”) were produced in larger numbers at 43%, or 15,570 cars at least, possibly a few more in 1945 and 1928. But consider this. By 1928, based on market demand for specialized service tank cars, GATC had introduced many tank car size and type options. As the table above states, I count at least 30 different body types sitting on 1928-design underframes (of varying lengths just to add to the complexity). Yes, the 8,000 and 10,000 non-insulated cars were significant cars, but there were many other significant cars as well, and in multiple body configurations:
This is the closest analysis we will get to figuring out whether the 1917-design tank is a minority car. I think it is very clear it is not, since 2 car types dominated the total production of 9,079 cars. The “Type 30” 1928-design is spread out amongst many different designs, not just the 8,000 and 10,000 gallon non-insulated, non-pressurized car types. So 15,570 total production is heavily diluted by car type.
And speaking of diluted, how many were built per year? This table will assess that:
The 1917-design had ~DOUBLE the production pace of the “Type 30” 1928-design. Yes, the 1928-design had to contend with the depression, as well as the corresponding turmoil of demand for oil and similar products, but they also had to contend with “tooling” changes for the different tank car types they were constructing.
Is the 1917-design a minority car? I think the GATC 1917-design is probably a DRAW with the 1928-design “Type 30” - at best.
Bruce, next time just say you wished Tangent would have done the "Type 30." Don't despair though, both will be in the Tangent product line.
David Lehlbach Tangent Scale Models
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Re: RP Cyc #35
np328
Reserve one copy for me.
James Dick 1974 Hamline Ave No Roseville, MN 55113-5808 I might stop by and pick it up if I and the wife head down your way. Meanwhile, a check for......? Jim
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Re: RP Cyc #35
Armand Premo
Please reserve one for me.Armand Premo 
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:35 PM Ted Schnepf <railsunl@...> wrote: Hello Everyone,
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RP Cyc #35
Ted Schnepf
Hello Everyone,
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Let me add a bit more to what Dave is saying. Attached is an Excel file of data gleaned from GATX 1898-1948 A History of the General American Transportation Corporation by Ralph C. Epstein. There is data buried in the text and summarized in Appendix tables. Hopefully this will make some sense.
Some things to note include that GAT built lots of cars for other lines, besides their own fleet. The owned fleet expands rapidly in the period between 1925-1935 with the acquisition and management of other lines. Very few new cars are built in the early 1930’s, but cars were being repaired and refurbished.
Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave Parker via groups.io
Well, I do have some numbers that may or may not shed any light on the question of the abundance of GA 1917 design cars.
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Dave Parker
Tony:
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Tony Thompson
Dave Parker (in an informative post) wrote: I have absolutely no handle on how many GA 1930 design cars were built, or who bought them. The GATX fleet did double from 1930 to 1935, but this was a time when lots of used tank cars could be had on the cheap. And when quite a few smaller leasing companies went under, or changed business model, and sold their entire fleets to GATC. Richard Hendrickson tracked a lot of this in the early 1930s ORER issues (unfortunately less frequent because of the Depression), as the old reporting marks showed up there for awhile. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any record of his findings among his papers and computer files. One of his great talents was a phenomenal memory, but we now pay the price because he didn't need to write a lot of stuff down. Tony Thompson
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Dave Parker
Well, I do have some numbers that may or may not shed any light on the question of the abundance of GA 1917 design cars.
First, a reminder that the 1917 design represented the advent of MCB/ARA Class III cars built by GA. The "double rivet" Class III cars became the required standard on May 1, 1917. Second, a distinction needs to be made between cars built by GATC, and the subset built for use by the GATX leasing arm (at least initially). Railway Age published annual tabulations of car orders (not deliveries) at this time, and I have teased out the numbers for GATC-built tank cars as follows: 1917 284 1918 2499 (555 went to GATC) 1919 869 1920 5386 2104 of these "not reported in detail" i.e, buyer not identified 1921 41 Total 9079 (for comparison, there were ca. 7000 and 19,000 UTLX Class X and X-3 cars built, respectively) Exactly how many of these conformed to the 1917 design is a matter of speculation (I have already excluded some cars built for UTLX to their X-3 design). I am tempted to say "all" of the 1918-1919 orders, and some subset of the 1920 orders. My only clue for 1920 is a lot of 240 8000-gal cars ordered by Sinclair, but never delivered. I have long assumed this order somehow got canceled due to the changeover to longitudinal courses. It will prove very difficult to ever pin this down, as these orders are peppered with small lots of 100 cars or less across a great many private companies. It's also hard to know how many of these cars actually went into the GATX fleet initially. The 555 cars from 1918 are suggestive, but could also represent a "speculative" build for later sale. That chunk of 2104 cars without a named buyer in 1920 is also curious/intriguing. The ORERs and tariffs may shed a little light. The October, 1919, ORER lists 4540 cars under various GATC reporting marks, all but ~350 as GATX. The 1919 (August) tariff seems to agree. My next ORER is from May, 1925, and shows 11,000 cars, suggesting the addition of ~6500 cars. I would guess most of these were new cars when added to the GATX roster, as the gobbling up of failing leasing companies seems to date to the 1930s. The December, 1930, register gives 12,123 GATX cars. I am inclined to believe that much of the ~7600-car increase from 1919 to 1930 reflects the longitudinal-course GA cars from the 1920s, but that's just a guess. A 1921 count for GATX could be helpful. I have absolutely no handle on how many GA 1930 design cars were built, or who bought them. The GATX fleet did double from 1930 to 1935, but this was a time when lots of used tank cars could be had on the cheap. I also want to mention a couple of things about the 1919 Railway Age data. This was strange year (perhaps due to the war and USRA control) in that about 2/3 of the 29,893 cars ordered for US companies were tanks cars (as per Railway Age; I have not counted them all). In that particular year, GA got a very small slice of the pie; AC&F and Penn Tank Car received orders for 3686 and 2418 cars, respectively. This reminds me of two other gaps in our modeling options for "classic" tank cars: nothing for Penn Tank, and nothing easy for a transitional design of the ACF -- Type 11 frames, but fitted with Class III tanks. Last, I'm not sure I agree with Bruce about these 1917 design cars disappearing in large numbers by the war. These were Class III cars, no different from the UTLX X-3 cars except for the use of radial courses. They were fully compliant with all needed safety standards (as were a great many Class II cars). It's hard to quantify, but a significant number of X-3s survived into the 1950s (as per the Hile book), and I'm not sure there is any a priori reason to think the GA cars were different. From 1935 to 1945, the GATC fleet seems to have grown by about 14,000 cars. Maybe they were concurrently scrapping cars, but my (very) limited understanding of the war years is that tank cars were in high demand. It seems likely that a lot of the retirements of these cars occurred post-1950, but I am not sure how one would get a numerical handle on that given available resources. Hope this helps. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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Photo: PRR Tank Car 454815 (1910)
Photo: PRR Tank Car 454815 (1910) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Hi David,
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I don’t have any hard numbers. My statement was based on 3 things. First, lots of conversation with Richard Hendrickson about appropriate tank cars, where he pretty unequivocally said that the GATC type 30 was the most important fleet need for
General American for my era (1944) and obviously subsequent to that. Second, that the type 17 design was obsolete by the 1930s, although examples certainly can be found much later. Third, casual (and I stress that this is casual) observation of photos of WWII
era tank car trains shows a few type 17 cars, with a good number of type 30 cars. I tend not to rely on individual car photos because cars can be misrepresented in frequency due to their “oddness”.
As was noted on the list, hard numbers are generally not available, unless you have been able to find some, in which case, please share! :)
I was wondering what the production numbers of each series were. Do you happen to know that? To be honest, I wouldn’t be surprised if the production of the type 17 exceeded the type 30-like cars, but the question would be, 20-30 years after they
were built, what numbers remained?
And, of course, I have oversimplified, because with all of the acquisitions, as well as construction changes at GATC, cars in the GATX pool are really a “dog’s breakfast of styles, probably with no one car reaching 50% of the fleet.
Regards Bruce
Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."
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Re: Old Photos from Southern Railway in Knoxville yard
Jim Gates
The Billboard Refrigerator Car book Tony mentioned has photos of both sides of a Cudahy car with the cleanser on one side and different advertising on the other. Jim Gates
On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 08:33:51 AM CDT, mel perry <clipper841@...> wrote: doug: thanks for the background, since the cars have a different scheme, my question is, dud cudahy ever have a scheme, that had "old dutch" on one side of the car, and the."cudahy" on the other side of the car i.e. opposite side, as presented by certain manufactures, or was this a foobie? thanks mel perry On Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 5:48 AM Douglas Harding <iowacentralrr@...> wrote:
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New GATC 8,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car
Tangent Scale Models
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 oil-related products was sharply increasing thanks to the combination of war-related demands as well as demands from home. In order to move oil and new consumer products, tank car producers introduced new car designs. In 1917 General American Tank Car produced a new general service 8,000 gallon non-insulated tank car. Built in East Chicago, IN, these cars were easily identifiable by their circumferential rivets that surrounded the tank body, with notably different heights between the courses. These “radial course” tank cars utilized steel bolster plates that rise up vertically to hold the tank in place, complete with a “web” section behind to minimize steel consumption. At a time of fairly monochromatic box cars plying the rails, most consumable products and oil shippers proudly displayed their company markings on the tanks. The GATC 1917-design prototypes were the most prolific tank cars built during this period and were found everywhere from 1917 to roughly 1970, including across the border in Canada.
The Tangent Scale Models GATC 1917-Design 8,000 Gallon General Service Tank Car is a highly-detailed tank car model that includes details accurate for each paint scheme, including KC- or AB-brake variations, with or without Cardwell draft sill springs, and different hand brakes. Other visually-distinctive details for our models include the “see through” bolster section, circumferential rivets, and differing course heights. Our RTR models include correct “true-to-life” colors and “hyper-accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement. Finally, our scale replicas operate as well as they look, equipped with free-rolling all-metal wheels and Kadee® scale couplers, meaning our models are truly ready to run.
Whether wearing “plain” GATX black lease colors or the colors of a lessee, these replicas will certainly be eye-catchers on your layout! Check out the radial courses – they look like nothing else in HO! Our new ready to operate replicas are in stock and available for sale at www.tangentscalemodels.com. That’s right, no preorders!
Our October 2020 release includes the following five paint schemes:
- CGTX "1955+ Lease" is our offering for the Canadian modelers out there who have been requesting “Canadian” tank cars! We have listened. CGTX are the reporting marks for Canadian General Transit Company, who was the largest operator of private tank cars in Canada. This model is offered in the “plain leaser” CGTX scheme from 1955 and was stenciled from actual photos (see our website). These CGTX cars were nationwide roamers for decades of service. Our Canadian General Transit Company 1955+ cars come with era-correct AB-brakes and are available in six road numbers. Because each real tank car was formed by hand and had individual gallon notations stenciled on each end of the car, all six of our models have the correct gallons stenciled on each end – including both imperial gallons and US gallons in typical CGTX style. Yup, we did the research so you don’t have to! While these models will not be as popular as coffee from Tim Horton’s, don’t miss out, eh?
- GATX "1936+ Lease" is available for US and Canadian modelers that are looking to bolster their fleet of “plain black” tank cars. This offering is a 1936+ “plain” offering that has nationwide usage implications and will be welcome on any layout. Because each real tank car was formed by hand and had individual gallon notations stenciled on each end of the car, all six of our models have the correct gallons stenciled on each end. These models come with an era-correct K brake system, and are available in six road numbers, plus a bonus seventh number: see our next entry.
- GATX "Wadhams Oil East Chicago IN 1936+" is available in this run and is based upon the photo we have posted on our website. It is a “plain black” car similar to the “1936+ lease” cars described above, but with small lessee stenciling for Wadhams Oil, located in East Chicago, IN. This model comes with an era-correct K brake system, and is available in one road number.
- TROX "Marathon 1926+" is especially of interest to fans of UTLX “plain black” tank cars. Why? Read on. This car is stenciled “Transcontinental Oil Company – Marathon Products – Products Tank Line in a bright red, black, and white scheme, complete with the Marathon Products logo: “Best in the long run!” This is the epitome of a “billboard” tank car typical of the 1920s period. Products Tank Line was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Union Tank Line (aka UTLX) in 1926, so it is likely these models can find a home with the UTLX cars on your layout. This model comes with an era-correct K brake system, and is available in three road numbers.
- Spokane, Portland, and Seattle "Water Service 1964+" is available now as our “MOW” offering for Spokane, Portland, and Seattle (SP&S) and Burlington Northern (BN) modelers alike. The arid grasslands surrounding the SP&S mainline in Washington state called for a fleet of tank cars to provide water for extinguishing fires that might occur along the right of way. Each was painted slightly differently, and each tank in the fleet was sourced individually, however this car is a ringer for the Tangent Scale Models 1917-design cars, so here it is, available now in one road number. These cars lasted into the BN years. Don’t miss our first SP&S offering!
Features for these awesome replicas include: - Circumferential riveted tank body and riveted underframe (count ‘em, there are many!) - Radial course tank body – note the “stairstep” appearance! - All-new underframe for the GATC 1917-design - “See-through” cast knee above the bolsters - Accurate dome appliances - Dimensionally-correct hazardous placards with accurate hole detail - Separately applied tank handrail - Separately applied tank strap detail - KC- or AB- brake variations depending on the prototype car - Inclusion of Cardwell draft sill springs depending on the prototype car, otherwise “oval” frame openings where the springs were removed - Different hand brake appliance options depending on the prototype car - Highly correct “true to life” colors - “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement, including lettering applied to the underframe and air reservoir - Durable wire grab irons and coupler lift bars - Separate air hoses - “Near-scale” draft gear box with side detail - Kadee® “scale-head” couplers - CNC-machined 33” wheels in high-quality Tangent Scale Models ASF cast steel truck with spring plank and with separate brake beams - Replacement semi-scale wheels available separately from Tangent - Multiple road numbers for each scheme - these cars often traveled in "groups" of more than one - Recommended age 14 years and older
Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models General American 8,000 gallon 1917-design radial course tank car! Just like its prototype, this car will stand out on any layout situated from 1917 to 1970, and they went everywhere!
Pricing for RTR models is $44.95. High-resolution images showing these fine replicas are available at www.tangentscalemodels.com and our site also includes prototype images for your reference as well.
That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!
David Lehlbach
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Tangent Scale Models
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
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
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 non-insulated tank body versions you mention, we have also released an insulated tank body version: Info here: https://www.tangentscalemodels.com/general-american-8000-gallon-1917-design-insulated-radial-course-tank-car/ Sold out cars here: https://www.tangentscalemodels.com/product-category/sold-out/sold-out-general-american-1917-design-8000-gallon-insulated-tank-car/ Thank you, David Lehlbach Tangent Scale Models
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Re: GATX fleet breakdown?
Eric Hansmann
FYI, Tangent has released two tank sizes of these GATX type 17 prototypes; 8,000 and 10,000 gallon versions.
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On Oct 1, 2020, at 1:50 PM, nyc3001 . <nyc3001@...> wrote:
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