An Athearn “Blue Box” tank car, Part 2
In the preceding post, I showed my collecting together of the main parts for one of Athea…
• July 29, 2024
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Reworking an Athearn “Blue Box” tank car
I have written numerous times in this blog about the uses I have found for Athearn’s old …
• July 20, 2024
The Timken promotional freight car(s)
Sometime in the mid-1940s, the Timken Roller Bearing Company purchased one or more freigh…
• June 20, 2024
Three-compartment tank cars
I recently had an interesting question sent to me by email. The essence of the question w…
• March 31, 2024
A new vinegar tank car
Vinegar tank cars, made from wood, were unusual, but not rare, cars in prototype service.…
• March 01, 2024
Modeling an SP Class O-50-9 tank car, Conclusion
This series of posts is about modeling the last class of tank cars that Southern Pacific …
• February 04, 2024
Modeling an SP Class O-50-9 tank car, Part 4
This is a continuation of my project to model one of Southern Pacific’s tank cars with ci…
• January 26, 2024
Modeling a Celanese tank car, Part 3
In the previous post, I showed the first steps in converting an Athearn insulated tank ca…
• December 18, 2023
Modeling an SP Class O-50-9 tank car, Part 3
In the previous post in this series (see: http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2016/02/model…
• November 27, 2023
My MRH column for May 2023 (correction)
Back in May, my latest “Getting Real” column in MRH ( Model Railroad Hobbyist ) appeared…
• July 22, 2023
SP diesel fuel tank car: Conclusion
In the preceding post, I had gotten the one-piece handrail formed to fit the car body, an…
• June 10, 2023
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