Hi all; I checked in the Trainshed Cyclopedia No. 12, Tank Cars 1922-43 and found the following information.
In 1928 ACF published a table for their non-insulated tank cars showing tank size to gallons as follows: Gals Interior Diam Length excluding headers 6000 73 1/2 inch 27 ft 8000 83 inch 28 ft 10000 92 inch 28 ft. Other builders clearly varied, as some short-fat and some long and thin tanks are shown in the book, but this may be a basis for comparison. The narrow gauge Colorado based cars seem to have been early 6000 gal tanks. Here is PBL's entry on them http://www.p-b-l.com/Rolling-Stock/R-16-h.html Here is an article about the conversion of tanks to narrow gauge use. http://drgw.free.fr/DRGW/Freight/Tankcar/Citerne_en.htm Some basic math indicates that an O scale 6000 gal tank is probably about right for an S scale 8000 gal car, although the details are, naturally, a bit large. Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 8/20/10, Scale S Only <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark -- > > I would look for Grandt line On3 plastic kits (or assembled > used) of the Van > Dyke narrow gauge cars. They are a lot > less expensive than the brass, and > easier to mess with... I don't know if > Grandt Line is still producing the > kit. If you are considering converting > these to S standard gauge, they > probably represent a much larger tank, close to 10,000 > gallons, I think. > If you want a SMALL tank, the PBL kits in Sn3 will work > (and I have a few > kits if you want them). They would be > about 6000 gallon cars, I think. > Obviously, this would be a relatively simple conversion - > new trucks, > couplers and possibly moving some ladders. > > Have fun! > Bill Winans > Prescott Valley, AZ > > > An HO friend suggested converting the Pre Scale On3 Van > Dorn tank cars to S > for 6,000 gallon cars. Are any of you familiar with this > car, or have done a > similar conversion? > Mark Plank ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
