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USRA-style Gulf tank cars
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David
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Todd Sullivan
OK, I'll play dummy here. What makes these tank cars USRA tank cars? They have underframes like the Gould/Tichy model, but the tank shells are 3 course rather than 4 course. I thought the 4 course shell was another of the diagnostic spotting features of USRA tank cars.
Todd Sullivan
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brianleppert@att.net
4 coarse shells for 10,000 capacity tanks, but these are 8,000 cap'y. Drawings are in Train Shed Cyclopedia No. 9.
Brian Leppert Carson City, NV
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David
The USRA drawings show four courses for the 10,000 gallon tanks, and three courses for the 8,000 gallon cars, with 5-course radial tanks as alternate constructions for both sizes.
David Thompson
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Dave Parker
Todd, there is a 44-mesage thread about "Gulf Tank Cars" from Nov. 2018, that includes quite a bit of discussion of what it takes to use a Tichy frame as a starting point for the Gulf cars built by Standard Steel ca. 1920-23. My notes show 4000 8-kgal cars, 200 10-gal, and 50 12-kgal.
-- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA
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mel perry
brian: i show tsc #9 devoted to steam locomotives? do you mean tsc #12? thanks ;-) mel perry
4 coarse shells for 10,000 capacity tanks, but these are 8,000 cap'y. Drawings are in Train Shed Cyclopedia No. 9.
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brianleppert@att.net
Mel,
I have #9 in my hands right here. The last many pages cover USRA freight cars. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV
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mel perry
brian; thanks, i got gypped !!! ;-( mel perry
Mel,
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