Leo,
Thanks for the info about UTLX. I've seen just three photos of cars at
Hubingers (dating from probably 30s through 70s). One was NTLX. The others
were all GATX. But what I'd really like to get is an accurate roster for
1962-63.
Yes, Walthers did a run of Corn Syrup cars a few years ago. I think they were
about 16k gallons and were dated for the 80s. I did buy the Hubinger box cars
they did (built date of early 60s although not sure Hubinger leased them right
away).
Do you know anything about the available tank car kits these days and which
would fit the bill? Proto and Intermountain both make type 27 8k and 10k cars
(most seem lettered for oil companies). Tichy makes a riveted type 103 and Red
Caboose a welded type 103 (I have several of the latter). Anything else I
should be looking at?
Duncan
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From: qutlx1@aol.com
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:35 AM
Subject: [CBQ] GATX Tank Cars
Duncan,
I've been in the tank car leasing business for 21 plus years. So based on
that experience here's my spin on cars Hubinger would use in the 60s. Oh and
by
the way Hubinger was a large UTLX customer.
Corn Syrup- IXC 8's= Insulated exterior coiled jacketed 8,000 gallon cars.
Then IXC 10s as they came to market.
Waste water from the process-The dregs of the fleets. Interior heater piped
cars,both insulated and noninsulated. Insulated and noninsulated nonpiped
cars
that were referred to as general purpose cars. These would be anywhere from
13-20,000 gallon capacity depending on what was available.
Didn't Walthers do a run of Corn Syrup cars a few years back ?
Today Corn Syrup cars are IXC 17.5's and the newest are 19,000 gallon.
Leo
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