Pieter: Others may be more knowledgeable on these cars, but I can remember an article on them in the early 1960's, I think RMC. They were something new at that time, and I had seen few, if any, of them in my train watching activities at the time.
Later, in the mid-1960's, the refineries that "my" railroad worked still used the older style tank cars (I actually saw a tank car with a 1915 build date still in revenue service in 1965!) In 1970, shortly after my promotion to conductor and subsequent force assignment (January, 1970) on one of those refinery-switching locals, they showed up like the proverbial herd of locusts at one refinery. Another refinery had been using the shorty versions for about a year. Bob Nicholson _____________________________________ --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote: > > Hi Jim; > > Maybe you could do a "mini-review"? I've certainly heard of them, although I > assume they are mostly later prototypes than my mid-1950's layout era. Are > they significantly improved over the original Downs cars? > > Pieter E. Roos > > > --- On Sat, 1/15/11, raisinone <raisinone@...> wrote: > > > > Sort of surprised they have not generated more bits and > > bytes in this group. I can tell you I will be selling > > a bunch of my "vintage" Downs cars at the Spree! My > > second order to Iron Rails should already have arrived in > > his mailbox! > > > > Jim Kindraka > > Plymouth, WI > ------------------------------------ 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/
