tstage Greetings, fellas! I've been putting together a Proto 2000 10K gallon tank car and began musing about the detailing. When did railroads begin to implement placards on tank cars? Is my understanding correct that those placards were removable - i.e. depending on whether the tank car was empty or "purged"? I poked around the Internet some but didn't really find much information to answer my questions. I appreciate the help. Thanks...
Greetings, fellas!
I've been putting together a Proto 2000 10K gallon tank car and began musing about the detailing. When did railroads begin to implement placards on tank cars? Is my understanding correct that those placards were removable - i.e. depending on whether the tank car was empty or "purged"?
I poked around the Internet some but didn't really find much information to answer my questions. I appreciate the help. Thanks...
Luckily for modelers, there is an authoritative and complete magazine article on this subject, by John Ryczkowski, in Mainline Modeler (Volume 14, January 1993, pages 68–73). John clearly describes the various placards of different eras, and makes clear that my modeling year of 1953 was very different from more recent years. Any modern modeler reading this post can find detailed descriptions and images of contemporary practice all over the Internet, but for older material, you’ll pretty much have to consult John’s article.
I'm assuming that most modern tank cars are generally designed/designated for the transportation and dispersal of a particular commodity. Was this also the case for the earlier riveted and welded tank cars (e.g. 8K and 10K versions) back in the 1910s-1940s?
Tom
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