Hi all -- There were a UP car (ladders and walks on both sides with National B trucks), a ATSF Tk-K, WP (probably one of those in the photo), and two SP cars (also probably one in the photo without the second rung in the stirrup step). Microscale did the decals for the SP cars (probably still available through Des Plaines Hobbies), but all the rest would require some piecing together from other scales. The ATSF car has a significantly different frame from the rest, and is not really like any other car from any other line. It would take some pretty good sleuthing to determine whether one of the cars you have is WP or if they are both SP. As such, you could letter them both as SP and get away with it. Considering most of these cars were used to haul company fuel oil, they probably didn't see much off line use. Using some modelers license and lettering them for a Canadian/Canadien road would be just fine.
Hope this helps. Bill Winans ------------------------------ I photographed those when they were being initially imported. Our club bought the 5 car set and divided up the set. Seems to me there was one UP, 1 or 2 SP's, but I've forgotten the other RR's--maybe WP and/or ATSF? One of the factors was the single spring truck on the UP model--National B, perhaps. Anyway the UP models do have double ladders. The last time I saw Jettie at the Duluth Convention he had a bunch for sale that had been painted and lettered although used. Bob Were ------------------------ > Hi Trevor; > > If I'm not mistaken, those are Southern Pacific or UP tank cars imported some > years ago by Southwind or RR models. They would be large, 12500 gal cars. The > back one is clearly a General American designed car with the two rung steps > and double strap holding the tank to the support. > > Tony Thompson wrote about modeling them in his blog: > > http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2011/05/modeling-sp-tank-cars.html > > Assuming you don't need an SP car, you could look for cars of similar gallon > capacity for GATX or UTLX and letter them appropriately. > > The ladder on one side only is not so unusual, I recall it was a standard > feature on UTLX design cars, the single largest tank car fleet! Cars that > UTLX acquired from other lines did have ladders on both sides, but their home > design cars didn't. > > Pieter E. Roos -------------------------------------> > > I picked up two brass tank cars yesterday at a local > > gathering. I'm trying to determine the prototypes so I know > > how to paint/finish them. Any help would be appreciated. > > Photos and more information can be found here: > > http://themodelrailwayshow.com/cn1950s/?p=1604 > > Thanks in advance! > > - Trevor
