Hi Scott, I don’t think anybody has actually answered your question about the dimensions of the model tank. What dimensions did you measure, and how did you convert that to

I too have one of these N scale kits on my project list - with a promise to Mike Skibbe to photo journal a how to. This same riddle - along with the recent purchase of a new paint booth waiting to be

Thanks for the info Jake! That may be a good solution. I will pass along the dimensions of the Grandt turnbuckles if and when I can secure some. gary roe quincy, illinois

Jeff's question can be answered from knowing the inside dimensions of any tank - length and diameter in this case. Those dimensions would be an few inches LESS than the outside measurements. Calculate

To measure the Tichy tank's volume I took this thingie called a "scale ruler" and measured the model. Using the HO scale side, of course. Since a tank car is not a simple cylinder, a little

In Tony Thompson's blog he reported the Tichy tank car's volume to be 9840 gallons. http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2012/10/naperville-tank-car-handout-part-2.html Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Ed Bommer wrote: Thee are complications with the domed heads and other issues. I explored ALL of that and came up with an excellent approximation to account for the details. It's at this link if

Ed you need to adjust your math. There are 8 pints in a gallon at 1 lb per pint. There are 16 cups in a gallon at ½ lb per cup. Meaning a gallon of water weighs 8 lbs. Thus a 100 gallons would weigh

Yep, Doug! You got me there. I was going too fast in my post. Many thanks for the correction. Ed Bommer

Having been a volunteer firefighter for 45 years, a gallon of water always weighed 8.34 pounds not 16. Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. Sunbury, Pa.

Just to clarify, the 2% requirement dates only to the creation of, and mandatory construction to, the Class III and IV standards of May, 1917. Many, perhaps the majority, of Class II cars had domes

Dave Parker wrote: This seems an odd story. The MCB report which was the basis for the 2 percent rule had accepted input from many shippers of all kinds, to create a "safe" volume. Perhaps Texaco

Sorry Tony, this is simply not true. If you dig back into the ARA tank car specs from ca. 1920, you can find the outage tables and chart that gives the needed expansion volume for a given commodity.

It seems a little bit of déjà vu all over again. Perhaps it is time for a reminder of some of the details of the USRA tank car design. First of all, there was not a single design, but a family of

Dave Parker wrote:Not clear which part of my comments you state isn't true. The gallonage on a tank car end is indeed the shell-full gallons. And many commodities were loaded shell-full. I spoke at

Ed There’s 8 pints in a gallon. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Tony: First, the outage chart and tables were likely needed in a significant number of cases. The ICC regs on this, which date to 1918 at least, pertained to all commodities classified as

Ed Bommer wrote that a gallon of water contains 16 pints. Not true, it contains 8 pints or 4 quarts. Also, a gallon of water weighs 8.32 lbs. (I used to work in the oil patch before I went to work

Dave Parker wrote:Thanks, Dave. I appreciate the additional details. The side-mount safety valves, though ordinarily performing exactly the same as dome-top valves (and both being 5-inch

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