Show us your weathered tank cars

[zoegraf]

I can't remember if these kits I put together ages ago are Proto 2000 kits.

 

[Drail]

Nice work ..What era are these from ?




Doug

 

[IowaFarmBoy]

If I squint and stare at the pics a bit the built dates look like 10-20 for the first and 9-20 for the second.

 

[zoegraf]

Nice work ..What era are these from ?




Doug

They were built between 1921 to 1930 and most of them continued in use through the 1940s and 1950's and unto to the late 1960's. These cars represent the cars that had their trucks replaced with cast steel trucks and modern brake equipment that had been carried out in the 1930's and 1940's.
I have no idea if the paint schemes on them are appropriate for my era of 1956.

 

[Beachbum]

Okey dokey... (Sorry, couldn't resist...)

 

[Trucklover]

This was an old Roundhouse Tank Car that I did a while back:

 

[IowaFarmBoy]

Corn Sweeteners, that's a familiar name. I live about 15 miles from the big Corn Sweeteners plant in Cedar Rapids, IA. It used known as Waconia Sorghum when I was a kid.

 

[Yard_Duty]

Prototype

 

[Rico]

Nice work Gents!
Caught this one down at the Fuerst Matthes mill this aft:

 

[UP2CSX]

Hey! You stole my 70 tonner and relettered it when I wasn't looking. Nice job on the tank car though.