>From what I found, the car was a representation of the dry chemical market CN handled, not Potash.
But as others have noted, CN used the formula for a liquid chemical instead. Ken On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 2:17 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > 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 <[email protected]> > *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 >> >> >>
