For some strange reason I have been collecting information about these cars for awhile now. Here's what I have: Initial builds by ACF started in the 1920's and production lasted to just before 1950. G

Yes, great info. Thanks!

Obviously neither of you were ripped off by Gerry Glow. Yes, he had some great decals and for awhile provided a valuable service to other model railroaders, but that came to a stop when he continued t

Okay...I select photos, upload photos, and post photos but nothing shows up. What am I doing wrong?

I just uploaded some pictures of both cars.

Thanks to both of you for your responses. Since this one doesn't look to be red (I've heard that there were red ones, just never saw a picture and knew that this one couldn't be red) it must be grey.

The only Hercules tank cars that I have seen photos of have all been black. Anyone have any idea what color this car is? Thanks for the help. Hercules Powder HPCX 20003 105-A-300-W AC&F tank car 3.5x5

One of the problems with using ink jet printers for printing decals is that many still use water soluble inks. You need to make sure that your printer uses water resistant ink in order for it to work

About six months ago I offered my assistance to help repair the site but was told that it should be finished in about a week. I also offered to scan and upload missing magazines that I have. I was tha

THE HISTORY OF HERCULES The name Hercules comes from a potent and explosive black powder made by theCalifornia Powder Works. The company named their product after Hercules, theGreek mythological hero

Sorry, I didn't include who I am. Jeff Maurer Sacramento Valley NTrak

I've collected as much info regarding these cars as I could find and have scans of ACFX, CILX, DAX, HOKX, JCIX, PSMX, SHPX, SPX, and UTLX. No Columbia Alakali however however I do show that they had a

I've been trying to get in touch with Jerry Glow for 8 months to find out where my decal order is with no success (and I'm not the only person trying to do this) so it comes as no surprise that he isn

I HOPE that he follows through with this statement. He has had my money and order sinc eht beginning of the year and no longer responds to emails to even attempt to offer a reason he hasn't shipped or

Thanks to both of you for the response. Since the cars were used to carry explosives they were all made out of wood with steel underframes. I think that you will be able to see the cars (in N scale at

I'm doing some research on the Hercules Powder Co rolling stock (reefers) and I need to get the built date and possibly the date these cars were no longer listed in the ORER. I BELIEVE the built date

I've tried on several occasions for the last 2-3 years to contact ANYONE at TrainLife to see if they would like to have me scan some of the issues that I have (and they don't) and send them on to them

Not to beat a dead horse BUT I've been waiting on some decals from him since Feburary. When I was inquiring about the price and availability of the decals, he quickly responded. After ordering I heard

I've done a bunch of research into these cars to maybe one day write an magazine article...some day. The Pennsylvania Salt cars were black with white lettering. The cars were PSMX 1001-1033. Tanks wer

I've ran across an HO scale wood reefer lettered for the Hercules Powder Company (HPCX 1208) that the Philadelphia division of the NMRA ran as a fund raiser (http://www.phillynmra.org/Sales.html and s