Sunoco 5 Dome Tank Car

Somebody's handiwork. 

Lionel never made a 5-dome tank car.

Rusty

I will take a couple better pictures.  Like the saying goes: It walks amd talks like a duck.  Hopefully, detailed pictures will help unravel the mystery.

Thank you.

A better picture would show us a lot more. All I see is some domes and a loading platform. I agree with RT but would still like to see the actual car, top and bottom. Upon a closer look with the enlarged photo, all five domes seem to be added on. Again a better photo of the complete car would be nice.

If it's brass could be a Roma Wine car. Don

This is our six dome tanker.  Russ

That is very cool!

Lionel never made a five-dome tank car. Nor did MTH. Nor K-Line. Nor Kusan. Nor Williams.

Brass five-dome tank car? Never saw one.

So unless you find the builder of that car, there is no more information to be shared.

Attached are pictures of the 5 dome tank car.  It is indeed a Lionel product.  It is stamped Lionel on the truck frame and has a part number:  959-6.

Yep, that is a Lionel car.  Nope, Lionel did not make it.  Whoever did now has several dome-less tank cars.

Thanks.  When I look at the ladder holes in the frame ate not uniform in their placement.  Some did a good job but holes tell the story.  

It's homemade using a Lionel 6555 single dome tanker. The additional 4 domes are also from 6555s which was a separate piece on the original Lionel car.

Here is the Sunset 3rd Rail brass, 5 dome wine car that Don mentioned:

(Not sure why it's spotted at the fuel oil depot!!! )

Jim

Ezdrifter posted:

Thanks.  When I look at the ladder holes in the frame ate not uniform in their placement.  Some did a good job but holes tell the story.  

Yup.  Lionel 6555 single-dome tank car, with 4 extra domes added to it.  Kit-bashed by some previous owner.  Needs at least another ladder on that one dome, maybe more on the other side???

Although the domes are probably fairly large (prototypically-speaking) for a 5-dome tank car, it's still somewhat or maybe even fairly plausible.  I'll give it a big thumb's up .

Jim Policastro posted:

Here is the Sunset 3rd Rail brass, 5 dome wine car that Don mentioned:

(Not sure why it's spotted at the fuel oil depot)

Jim

TOY train layout?  (Toy train operators seem to have no shame ).