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Andy Carlson
I remember this shot. Wine cars seemed to outnumber
all other cars. I recall that the cars were mostly different, with 2, 3, 4 and 6 domes, various dome configurations, and different tank profiles. A modeled scene with 30 or more identical 6 dome tank cars might make some of us uncomfortable, and we are still left looking at kitbashing/scratch building. I look at freight train consists in vintage photos and I am aware that though lots of the cars are available (in HO), many are not. Resin continues to be our best resource for fleshing out consists, and shall be into the future, as styrene cars most likely will never completely fill this gap. -Andy Carlson --- Mr Charles burns <cjburns1957@yahoo.com> wrote: There was some discussion of winecars on this lista while back, and one post {gatx417?}had a Bob Morrisme to build a 6 dome wine car for my N scale 64'
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ljack70117@...
On Sep 23, 2005, at 10:46 AM, timboconnor@comcast.net wrote:
Couldn't a six-compartment tank car make as many as six deliveriesSorry but when I was a clerk on the UPRR you were allowed 2 stops en- route. You paid the freight on the whole car to the finial stop and a stop fee for each stop. Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@adelphia.net It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them.
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Roger Parry <uncleroger@...>
Would Wine cars of any number of domes be appropriate for the 1930's ?
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On Sep 22, 2005, at 10:26 PM, Mr Charles burns wrote:
Hello Tim ,All
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Richard Hendrickson
On Sep 25, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Roger Parry wrote:
Would Wine cars of any number of domes be appropriate for the 1930's ?Depends on when in the 1930s. Obviously, bulk wine wasn't shipped at all until after the repeal of prohibition in 1933. However, three compartment insulated, glass lined tank cars for wine shipments were built by both AC&F and GATC as early as 1937, though six compartment cars didn't begin to appear until 1939. Richard Hendrickson
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Richard Townsend
I have a book about the Santa Clara Valley wine industry that contains a photo of four single-dome tank cars being loaded with Mirassou wine in San Jose. One is GATX 3827. The others do not have legible reporting marks, but one is a high-walkway car. It looks like they trucked the aging casks to the siding, and pumped wine from the casks to the tank cars.
-- Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon Roger Parry <uncleroger@worldnet.att.net> wrote: Would Wine cars of any number of domes be appropriate for the 1930's ? __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
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Richard Townsend
Forgot to mention that the vehicles in the picture appear to be from the twenties, so it is likely that the photo is from the early post-prohibition days.
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richtownsend@netscape.net wrote:
I have a book about the Santa Clara Valley wine industry that contains a photo of four single-dome tank cars being loaded with Mirassou wine in San Jose. �One is GATX 3827. �The others do not have legible reporting marks, but one is a high-walkway car. �It looks like they trucked the aging casks to the siding, and pumped wine from the casks to the tank cars. --
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