Although my photos are now packed for an upcoming move, I have seen a number of these cars still working in northern Ontario for ONR company service. What I recall is something very similar to the Ath

Bob Kutella asks: The definition varies a little over the years, but the classic definition for a TL is a tank car lined with a material other than glass. Primary purpose is to keep the lading (such a

Larry Kline asks: I looked through ORERs and can say they appeared in late 1964 (not present 7/64, listed by 1/65), and left the NYSW roster in 1978 (last listed 7/78, not listed 10/78).

Dick Murray asks: 1) what year were they converted and First listed in the October 1958 ORER, first listing with details and cars actually shown in January 1959. 2) were the steel covers similar to th

Don Valentine wrote: Actually the Storzek resin kit was of an earlier 40' boxcar, built for Canadian Government Railways in 1916-17 (and passed to CNR upon their formation in late 1918). I don't have

Hmmm, I'm gonna to be getting taunted big time when folks see me using Windex for modelling purposes -- I'm engaged to a Greek girl, and am currently living the sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding...

I'll narrow that down a bit to a range between mid/late 1953, when UTLX started listed the former Imperial cars, and early 1960 when they last listed any of the predecessor reporting marks. Actually,

These cars had International of Maine sublettering, but had CP reporting marks and were listed with other CP cars.

Previously written: Likely cars imported by Life Like Canada (Canadian Hobbycraft) with Canadian paint schemes. I seem to recall that LLC took some flak a while back since the U.S. prototype models di

Richard, the photo you cited in your earlier message was of MEC 12019, whereas the question was posed about the MEC 12100 series cars. I haven't checked through ORERs nearly as extensively on the 1200

I have Keith Sirman's card in front of me, which shows: Keith Sirman 115 Colcrest St. Hamilton, Ontario L8E 3Y7 phone: (905) 573-9689 email: keith.sirman@...

They have a web page at: http://vvv.com/~jwhitmore/ Also, a number of the Canadian hobby shops that provide mail order service should be able to provide their kits as well.

I'm not sure where the dates cited came from, but the models in question are of the 1929 CN standard boxcar, built from 1929-31 by the three major Canadian carbuilders as CN 503500-513152 (more detail

The series is 14001-14010 (10 cars). They first appeared in the July 1955 issue -- there was obviously a bit of a time lag in their reporting to the ORER as they didn't appear in the April 1955 issue

Hi Jay: I have a number of issues from this span on my shelf, specifically: 4/54, 10/54, 4/55, 7/55, 10/55, 7/56, 4/57, 10/57, 1/58, 7/58, 10/58, 1/59, 7/59, 10/59, 1/60, 7/60 & 10/60. Let me know wha

and Guy Wilber noted: It's still there, but won't be there for long -- just as soon as magi.com realizes that I'm a little annoyed with their service and don't plan to renew... well, you can guess the

TPRX was the reporting mark of the Texas Power & Light Co., which was listed until the Jan. 1958 ORER (it reappeared in the 1980s). They listed one car in the Oct. 1949 ORER, namely depressed centre f

I did see an August 1960 issue -- as I recall the volume title was "Tank Car Capacities". The pages are titled "TARIFF 300-1" (I had the Canadian section photocopied from this issue). It's roughly the

I had a quick look through my ORERs, and couldn't find a listing through 10/55. My 7/56 and 10/57 show 500 cars in the 6900-7399 series, and the 1/58 shows 1000 cars in the 6900-7899 series.

Hi folks: With the start of a new year comes a change to the host for my Canadian Freight Cars web page. You can find it now at: http://freightcars.nakina.net or http://members.rogers.com/iancranstone