Nice resort, Charlie, and I especially like the rusty areas at the bottom of the side sheets on the X29. We know what’s coming! Tony Thompson tony@...

The reason for the higher numbers is that PFE was rebuilding older cars at the same time as the new R-40-4 cars were built, and the rebuilds were done to those standards. The rebuild cars were PFE 712

A very reasonable possibility. Are your notes based on some factual discovery, or supposition (however reasonable)? Tony Thompson tony@...

Doug, your best bet may be to look for the Proto2000 kits for UOCX tank cars, 8000-gallon size, and with correct aluminum lettering on black. They do show up on eBay and similar sites. Tony Thompson t

Doug Paasch wrote: The Athearn tank car is 12,500-gallons in size, but has far too small a dome (it’s the center dome from their 3-dome car). So it’s not a prototypical car at all, and anyway isn’t 10

I remember discussing this with Richard, So what IS the right answer, Brian? Or is it just a trade term for advertising only? Tony Thompson tony@...

Best wishes on the surgery and recovery, Pierre. Tony Thompson

You all are misunderstanding the point. Yes, Hundman’s drawings are handsome, and yes, he produced a great lot of them, and yes, mistakes happen. My own problem with Mr. Hundman is that he would never

Ed Mines wrote: Because Hundman wouldn’t publish Richard’s letter, responding to Hundman's glowing review of the just-introduced tank car kit by Bill Gould (later produced by Tichy and still available

Great chart, Doug, thanks a bunch. Now I can write more accurate waybills. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote: That would be Massena, which I mentioned. Tony Thompson tony@...

Steve SANDIFER wrote: Yes, he did use packing peanuts, painted gray. I have one of his stock cars so loaded. But I must admit, you have to really look carefully to see anything inside. Stock car slats

Bud Rindfleisch wrote: Bud, I used Vallejo 70.945, called “magenta.” It’s a fine match to the old Laconia kits, produced when the prototypes were running. For more on my use of it, you might be intere

Dave Nelson wrote: Not really. The town and plant of Alcoa, Tennessee was built to use relatively cheap TVA power, and they produced a LOT of a aluminum. And Alcoa had a plant at Massena, New York, us

Ken Vandevoort wrote: Most railroads had a directive that any open doors were to be closed for transit. Tony Thompson tony@...

Very sorry to hear about Gene’s passing. I never met him in person, but he was the “contact” person when the ART book was put together, admittedly with a variety of “working parts” due to its history

Good looking car, Charlie. I like it. Tony Thompson tony@...

Excellent model, Charlie. I like the faded look. Tony Thompson tony@...

Conversely, many tank car colors interpreted as aluminum were actually light gray. Richard Hendrickson accumulated a lot of evidence in that direction. Tony Thompson

Sure. Here are photos of both open and closed doors. I painted the inside a wood color for obvious reasons. Tony Thompson