Yes you could. There is a prototype. Sully IA. In fact many small towns had stockpens next to bulk oil facilities, on the same track. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Ron’s Bulk Oil Dealer clinic is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMKIshUiRKU Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Heavy Wire panels designed to not stretch and discourage hogs from digging underneath. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/feedlot-panel-hog-16-ft-l-x-34-in-h Note how the wires are closer toget

Many in rural small town Iowa are not fenced in or secured in any way. Here are a few photos, including two I took in Emmetsburg IA in 2009 Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

dB rating on the Iwata Hammerhead Shark is 60 decibels. Specifications · 1/2 hp · 1.5 Gallon Tank 5.7 L · 2.15 CFM@open flow 61lpm · 84-114 PSI max. pressure · 110V or 60Hz · Overall dimensions 17 x 1

Bill I use a Iwata Hammerhead Shark https://www.madisonartshop.com/haheshaico.html Extremely quiet, same as a refrigerator. It has a ½ gallon air tank and puts out a max of 118lbs and 2.15 cfm. I rece

Nelson yes SS cars were used for hide service. Here are a few photos. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Owen, hides can indeed be heavy. Sometime in the 50s packing plants switched from salting dry hides to soaking hides in a brine solution and shipping them wet. Wet hides are indeed much heavier than d

CGW boxcar color varied, just like their diesels. CGW modelers are constantly trying to pinpoint what is CGW maroon? Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Here is a photo of the two models Mike had done. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Bill attached is a photo of the prototype upon which the Taurus rolling livestock chute was based. It is indeed a ATSF chute located at Yorba Linda CA. I believe there was at least one other like this

See the message from Ben Hom from earlier today regarding https://www.hoseeker.net/miscdiagrams.html You will find the complete instructions as Ben directs. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I just found it on Amazon for $12. And my local Ace Hardware store has it for $9.59 SC Johnson “Pledge Revive It” Better double check your source of information. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Here is one I have in the color scheme you mentioned. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Richard Hendrickson covered modeling the 50’ PK2 car in the following articles. http://magazine.trainlife.com/rmj_1996_3/ p50 http://magazine.trainlife.com/rmj_1996_9/ p48 He put Eastern Car Works Nat

A review of the Proto 2000 cars and its history by Richard Hendrickson is in Railmodel Journal, October, 1995. http://magazine.trainlife.com/rmj_1995_10/ page 20 Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Packing house by products were used in making animal feed. Dog food is a good example, Strong Heart brand dog food was owned by the Morrell meat packing company. The mad cow disease scare of a few yea

Half were gone by the time of their Wed night YouTube video. And yes very good prices. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Might want to check that coupler spring. It really stands out. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Let the color debate begin. Here are various color photos of NADX meat reefers, most are Hormel. Two taken by Jim Sands, one by Soph Marty. And some NWX cars. Note a grey and a green/yellow, each take