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The Athearn 60' tank car is right on for a number of prototypes. Great Northern had two series which match very closely, just add heating pipes on the end. <br />It is also a great start on a lot of other cars. Try shortening it to 50' to backdate it a little. Then add a fat dome and it matches another GN fuel tank car. Try cutting out the frame leaving only the stub ends to match the "frameless" cars that started to come in the sixties. <br />As for any inexpensive model, you can improve the model by adding some brake equipment. <br />The "olde time" 30' MDC tank car can fit the sixties, too! I found a 1969 photo of UTLX 58041 that matched perfectly at the rr-fallenflags.org website. The only flaw is the basic flaw of the car; the underframe is doubly thick. Use ARR trucks and change the brake to AB to update it.
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