Tank Car Body On A Maintenance Of Way (MOW) Flatcar - SLSF 109324

Has anyone come up with some information about the flatcar with a three dome tank car body lashed to it.

The Ken McElreath photograph just appeared in the Frisco Archive.

http://frisco.org/mainline/wp-conte...ty-Missouri-in-1971-Ken-McElreath-600x602.jpg

Thanks,

Tom G.

 

It looks pretty small.

Would this have been an 8,000 tank on a 40 foot flat?

I am thinking about doing a model in N-scale but my smallest tanker is 10,000 gallon.

And I have both a 40 foot and 50 foot flat car.

 

See also http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/109601-tie-gang-water-car.11303/

 

Yeah, I saw that one, too.

It also looks quite small.

My tank is a triple dome, which is why I was eyeballing the other.

Information of both of them seems a bit lacking, however.

They would both make a great model.

At least the one photograph is in color.

 

Yikes.

I may have to rethink my plan.

Maybe something 3D printed if I can find a file.

 

Hmm...I have got a tank car kit or two and a couple of built tank cars that are roads I do not care about.

Also in my stash of unbuilt kits are two flatcars that look pretty similar to the one in the photograph with the three dome tank car lashed to it.

This might have to be the next modeling project.

Probably a stupid question: do you think the saddles the tank is resting on are cut out of timbers?

Since they are painted, it does not really matter, but I was just curious.

 

Thanks, Keith.

That makes sense.

 

One more question.

It is probably covered somewhere on the forum but I have not discovered it.

What do the dome colors mean?

Is blue water and yellow diesel?

 

See the second post on this thread.

 

Thanks.

I missed that.

 

Is there a dome color for water or is it just its own tank?

 

Thanks, Keith.

 

Keith or any others,

Currently I am building a good old simple BevBel / Athearn tank car.

It is painted and lettered as a Frisco diesel service car. According to your post, I need to paint the dome yellow.

Would you concur?

The rest of the car is black with white lettering.

Thank you,

Paul Moore

 

While searching I found another thread on tank cars and dome colors.

Apparently, the Diesel Service tank cars were straight single dome tank cars and my Athearn / BevBel is a chemical tank car with the platform.

Hmmm....now how to convert the chemical dome to a single dome car.

The top of the dome is different, as well.