From: Alan Lambert John, My brother has the same car. I also have access to a HO train catalog so I can compare the cars in question. Thanks, Alan
________________________________ From: John <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 1:17 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Lionel's CN TankCar Maybe CN did it wrong, Not Flyonel I have the N gauge special run car "with that purty stuff" John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- >From: Michael Ostertag >To: [email protected] ; [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 7:49 AM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Lionel's CN TankCar > > >First thing is its not even the right car lionel put that scheme on. The real >car was a national steel car 4 bay cylindrical covered hopper while lionel's >offering isn't even close to that. Also, anything more than one car number is >also incorrect. The CN only painted the one car in that scheme. It was >painted tat way to promote the potash mining and shipping that the CN deals >with. This car was used exclusively in the potash industry. You can always >tellv the cylindicals service type. This car has the round hatches in the >top. Those are alway for the potash or fertilizer industry, while the ones >with the trough hatches are always used to ship grains. > >A better choice will be kaslo shops cylindrical covered hopper and then have some decals made for it. > >Michael Ostertag >-- >Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > >Alan Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Alan lambert >> Lone Star Flyer club >> Arlington, Texas >> >>Tom, >>Looks like they were trying new paint colors and used only that side , but >>it turned up on the prototype car. MY THOUGHTS. >> Alan >> >> >> >>________________________________ >>From: Tom Hawley <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 3:09 PM >>Subject: {S-Scale List} Lionel's CN TankCar >> >> >> >>Anyone who knows Lionel's propensity for giving the kiddos stuff like the >>Mickey & Minnie handcar and the Goofy boxcar may suspect that that >>"Lifesaver" -looking tankcar is just another Lionel cutesie. But the number >>on the car in Lionel's catalog turns up a picture of the real one. >>But further poking around on the internet reveals the information that this >>was painted that way on one side only. The other side was a more >>conventional CN paint scheme. >> >>I wonder what Lionel will do. >> >>Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan >> >> >> > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6955 (20120310) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6955 (20120310) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
