UTLX had cars built to this Class X design into the mid 19 teens in capacities of 6500, 8000 and 10000 gallons. The MDC/Shapeways combo represent some of the earliest designs, circa 1905 and 6000 gall

Chuck, The car was done back in 2013, so my memory may not be complete. The fussiest thing was mounting a coupler inside the frame. I had to drill a hole in the shank of a Kadee coupler and shorten it

I have attached a side view of the same car. It is the best that I have. I would refer you to the UTLX book for the details, but it is still currently out of print at Speedwitch Media. Ted does promis

Bruce has a good point. Looking at Brian's entire picture allows one to check items that were more closely dated on the right hand side of the tank and on the underframe. There were requirements for t

Fred, These cars appear to be 10,000 gallon cars built by Standard Tank Car Company as witnessed by the heavy combination bolster and tank saddle and the safety valves placed opposite one another on t

I guess I end up wondering why there needs to be any sort of "Contest" or "People's Choice" at all? Non technical society RPM events like Collinsville, Cocoa Beach, etc. get along just fine without th

IPass/EZPass have worked on the Bee Line high/express way for all of our trips here. Plus Florida has something called a Sun pass that works on the road, too. IPass does not work on the Florida Turnpi

Agreed. Well worth watching. I started hitting the pause button during the title sequence. Steve Hile

Thanks for the correction. I took the first value I saw. I also now see a value of 7.91 pounds per gallon, which nets 11,125 gallons. The 10000 gallon value makes sense when viewing the tank car in th

Especially for the narrow gauge trucks!! Steve Hile

That’s a much larger tank car, either 8000 or 10000 gallons, but maybe not full. Steve Hile

Using Google conversions, 88000 pounds of asphalt would be about 607 cubic feet which converts to about 4540 gallons. So, a fairly small tank car. Steve Hile

Here is an example of one on the tender of ES&S 6 in the park in East Jordan, Michigan. Steve Hile

Since Jim Kinkaid is a friend of mine, I asked him about the content, this is his reply. As the index appears to be alphabetic, I would expect a Volume 2 with the later portion of the alphabet will be

Ribs for stiffening within the roof panels would be an OK term. Then there are seam caps over the roof panel seams. I think car lines are generally below the roof proper, supporting it. My 2 cents. St

Ed, Alex, The Pullman Library on-line Jim Kinkaid photo collection has photos of both a NYC well car, 499086 Railroad-N-Q - Pullman-Library (smugmug.com) and the C&O car Ed showed Railroad-C - Pullman

60’s vintage ORER’s only list the 6 foot door. Then the FtDDM&S disappears into the C&NW. Maybe that might be a way to follow these two cars. Steve Hile

Staggered? Steve Hile

The nearest ORER that I have may be July 1966. It shows these two cars, but does not list any “special doors.” October 1968 looks the same. They are not in the FtDDM&S page for 1954. Perhaps someone w

Thanks Tim, I guess that I am trying to find that person who is interested and willing to do these in 3D printing. I can provide more photos. Steve Hile