Show Me Your Oil Tankers

Wow Don, that's one ugly...

How about some Dorfan.

Steve

@Don McErlean posted:

Arnold, we have not been posting to your thread on Oil Tankers since about November.  So I thought I might post something controversial to stir up some interest, even negative interest might work.  This is my candidate for the "Worst and Least Prototypical Tank Car I could find"....Its a flea market find for about 50 cents (likely not worth that much).  I should note that the label reads "Classical New Style"...well I would wonder what the "old" style looked like!  Anyway here she is, sad but real. Note she actually is (at least close to) 0 gauge and she sits here on Lionel 3 rail track.

OK now that I have your attention (HA!)...Arnold i don't know how to start a thread but you do it so often...how about a thread on "Happy Hoppers or Good Gondola's"  might be fun.  Just a thought.

Don

LOL.

Don, how about Show Me Your Hoppers & Gondolas? Would you like me to start a new thread inspired by you with that title?

Arnold

Some of RMTs latest release’s !!!

Have a few repainted 2654's.....

@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

How about some Dorfan.

Steve

What are the tankers on the middle (Sinclair?) and inner loops?

Arnold :  In regards to the new thread on "Happy Hoppers and Good Gondola's"  I thought that might be fun.  I don't know how to "start" a thread so if you would do it (assuming you agree of course) that would be great!  Thanks

Don

@Mallard4468 posted:

What are the tankers on the middle (Sinclair?) and inner loops?

CMT.

Scale tank cars by Lionel.  

Home heating oil delivered.

Milk tank car. Bulk milk being transloaded from tank truck to glass lined insulated tanks in the interior of freight car.

@Don McErlean posted:

Arnold :  In regards to the new thread on "Happy Hoppers and Good Gondola's"  I thought that might be fun.  I don't know how to "start" a thread so if you would do it (assuming you agree of course) that would be great!  Thanks

Don

Don, the thread has been posted under Photo & Video Albums, and I credited you, Don, for it. Arnold

Well Hello again everyone, its been a long time (January) since we posted to this thread but I just got a new tanker and thought I would post it.  Its a Kline "Operation Iraqi Freedom -water tanker" This operation was aimed at destroying rumored weapons of mass destruction being acquired by Iraq and covered April / May 2003 in active combat.

The car has a lot of very detailed components, note for example the turnbuckles on the simulated straps holding the tank to the frame.  It also has die cast, sprung trucks, hoop steps at the corners, and a detailed brake wheel.

I will admit to being an avid tank car collector and since I worked for the Dept of Defense during Iraqi Freedom and indeed Desert Shield / Storm before that, I just had to have this car.

Best Wishes

Don

A couple of reproduction Glenn Std Gauge tank cars.

Steve

@PRRMP54 posted:

I have a fascination for Hookers and Shays:

One of the few forums where that phrase is perfectly acceptable.

Paul

Some of my old tank cars.

Oil Tank Car made by OGR Member Dallas  Joe, Utica Club Beer from the famous West End Brewery

@Sitka posted:

Oil Tank Car made by OGR Member Dallas  Joe, Utica Club Beer from the famous West End Brewery

Nobody gonna' mess with MY UC!

If you like Hot Stuff The LCCA will be taking orders soon for This beauty TEXAS PETE HOT SAUCE.

SAL GAMBINO/PRESIDENT LCCA

Speaking of beer:

I also have a matching wood reefer.

And, no, I have not yet had any Berghoff beer; it is still being brewed, I would not mind trying some.

Many people are unaware that there was a big oil strike back in the day in the Appalachian coal fields. N&W, C&O, and RF&P were the main tank car operators for this unanticipated strike of liquid black gold.

Oil

Oil

Chemical

@coach joe - WOW!  neat  I recognize the Lionel multi-domes but the single domes who made those.  I thought I could make out Kline on some of them, is that correct?  They are cool.

Don

Good eyes Don.  Yes the single domes are K-Line.  I thought the platform gave them a little more charater than the Lionel single domes.  The platforms are removable.  I seem to remember a recent post where another Forum meber opted to remove the platforms for a more prototypical look.

@Don McErlean posted:

@coach joe - WOW!  neat  I recognize the Lionel multi-domes but the single domes who made those.  I thought I could make out Kline on some of them, is that correct?  They are cool.

Don

FYI Don, RMT is now using K-Line tanks on their own frames.

RMT cars minus their platforms.

Pete

@Norton- hey thanks for the info Pete

Don

Here’s six new Std Gauge arrivals, I’ll unpack this afternoon.

Steve

Another K-line oil tanker.  A special production for the TTOS convention 1989.  JR would be very proud.

@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

How about some Dorfan.

Steve

Sorry for replying to this 5-1/2 months late, but those are beautiful! I had to look up Dorfan because I never heard of it. I'm getting to like tinplate more and more.

John

@John's Trains posted:

Sorry for replying to this 5-1/2 months late, but those are beautiful! I had to look up Dorfan because I never heard of it. I'm getting to like tinplate more and more.

John

They are one of the most attractive tank cars.

Steve

It just so happens that I was running oil tankers early this morning:

That MTH PS3 CSX diesel reminds me of the real thing I saw 5 or 6 years ago at West Point hauling oil tankers on the West bank of the Hudson River. That was a breathtaking experience for me.

Although I've never seen a 1:1 tank car painted anything other than plain black (or occasionally plain white) I do enjoy some of the fantasy paint schemes applied to the MTH Rail King "modern tank cars". One of my favorites is the familiar orange GULF lettering of yore against black. In this scene two such cars are catching the morning light as today's short train approaches the east End. In background can just be seen an empty Gulf tank spotted at the fuel oil dealer.

A closer view of that car.

And while we are at it the waving-flag billboard is appropriate: Happy Independence Day!

This Shell 3 dome tanker is brought to you by Williams By Bachmann.

Do these two Premiers qualify as ' oil '  tankers ? All my other tankers have been converted to BEER tankers.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Do these two Premiers qualify as ' oil '  tankers ? All my other tankers have been converted to BEER tankers.

There's a post for those as well.

Well folks, I am an admitted "tank - a - holic" and the last time I posted to this was mid June, so here are my latest.

The Lionel # 17899 Unibody NASA tank car. From around 1990.

The Lionel Lines #36117 2 D tank car in blue, note actual sprung trucks from 2008

The Lionel #16144 SANX (San Angelo) 3D tank car from 1995. Note again actual sprung trucks.

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Well folks, I am an admitted "tank - a - holic" and the last time I posted to this was mid June, so here are my latest.

The Lionel # 17899 Unibody NASA tank car. From around 1990.

Best Wishes

Don

Don, what's in that NASA tank car? Could it be liquid hydrogen for the next Cape Kennedy rocket launch?

@Arnold D. Cribari- Good question Arnold.  It could be as you say liquid hydrogen or even liquid oxygen (LOX) both of which could be for a rocket launch.  Less glamorous perhaps however is that it could also be plain old oil based fuel for the rocket which most of our liquid fueled rockets used (along with LOX for operation outside our atmosphere).   The Space X original Merlin engine used what amounts to kerosene mixed with LOX for example.  Another use for these tankers (at least at Kennedy) is that they served as distributed storage tanks for the wide spread research facilities.  In other words if your research experiment needed some cryo or liquid fuel and you had a siding near by they would leave the car in place and use it like a storage tank.  This avoided what might be expensive construction cost for a non-permanent requirement.

Thanks for asking

Don

Mixture of Alexander, Scale Craft, Walthers, and a few other very old kit built tank cars...

@Don McErlean posted:

@Arnold D. Cribari- Good question Arnold.  It could be as you say liquid hydrogen or even liquid oxygen (LOX) both of which could be for a rocket launch.  Less glamorous perhaps however is that it could also be plain old oil based fuel for the rocket which most of our liquid fueled rockets used (along with LOX for operation outside our atmosphere).   The Space X original Merlin engine used what amounts to kerosene mixed with LOX for example.  Another use for these tankers (at least at Kennedy) is that they served as distributed storage tanks for the wide spread research facilities.  In other words if your research experiment needed some cryo or liquid fuel and you had a siding near by they would leave the car in place and use it like a storage tank.  This avoided what might be expensive construction cost for a non-permanent requirement.

Thanks for asking

Don

Don, the NASA oil tanker would look great on a siding near the Lionel Postwar Rocket Launcher with a smoke unit in it so there is smoke during the blast off. Kids would love this.

That rocket launcher can be great fun. I used to have one on my layout, and my young children 20 years ago loved it. IMO, there should be adult supervision when operating that accessory because it has a powerful spring mechanism, the rocket crashes into the ceiling and we don't want a child's face, particulary his/her eyes, to get in the way resulting in a serious injury. Arnold

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Dennis, I'm a little concerned about the 2lb hand sledge.  A bit overkill to tap those hand rails back in don't tou think?