Who Wants more TankTrain?

BEST THREAD TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!!

I DO..I DO..!!! I don't own any Tank Train cars and they are on my list to get. Anybody out there that has some they want to get rid of, contact me!!

Alan

Ya get up near 80 or so and those are VERY Temperamental Alan ... God they'd be beautiful (as would anything) on your :"masterpiece". !! The most I can do with them is about an 80 consist pull.

It's funny, you don't see them much now .

BTW: What are your "Main Line turns" anyhow ? (radius).

Based on info from another thread, I researched "Terra Chemicals" and find the co name is DEAD!

I'll take some more ...

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Originally posted by Joe G:
I'll take some more ...

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If I recall, I think there are something like 12 or 13 missing road numbers between the last intermediate car and the end car for that set.

Just please don't catalog them all at one time!!

-Dave

As of right at this moment I dont own any of these but I was planning on purchasing some of these in the future!
prrhorshoecurve- Awesome pictures! tank cars are really interesting the more and more I look at them. Thanks for the pics!

Thanks for postimg all the GREAT pictures. I also really like the TT sets. I have the lionel sets in GATX TT Canadian National in white, The Black GATX TT, The BLACK GATX TT NS, The BLACK TT CIBRO.

It would be nice for Lionel to offer these sets again and some new ones as well.

Thanks again for posting all the pictures.

Tank train cars are also a big favorite of mine. I have some Lionel GATX TT, a set of the GATX black w/ NS lettering, some CN in white, a set of the Cibro black cars. I also like the MTH tank train cars, even though they don't have the interconnecting hoses (at least not the ones I own).



I have a few of these and a couple of the 20k versions, which look especially sharp, I think, along with one of the Quaker State 20k cars that Mark showed. Those Terra Chemicals cars looked pretty cool. I wouldn't mind owning a couple of those if someone could see fit to make them!!

It's a blast to see 4 or 5 TankTrain cars together on the tracks...I can just imagine how awesome it must be for those of you who can run a few dozen at once!!

- Mike
Small layout...Big dreams

Your right about a long consist of the Mike...

(I have a "YouTube" video of 3 SD-40's pulling 88 of them if you go and see it ...)

*They pop up on "the-bay" occ. and are abundant if you keep watching. You Pics BEAUTIFUL !

*Are those K-Line cars ? (or did you mean their MTH)

Tom...anytime you decide to run that tank train on the "main line" between our layouts, let me know. I could use it on the layout!!

BTW...to answer your question above.... My mainlines vary a little as far as their radius. My layout room is not as large as your especially in width. In order to have a center isle (where the main part of the city is along with the passenger terminal) I had to compromise with a radius of half of what you have on your layout...even less perhaps. The two mainlines around the walls vary between 72" and 96". In the yards, I decided in order to have more tracks closer together, I went with modified 0-54 switches with NO S-curves. That way I could bring in the biggest locomotives on the straight side of the switch and then cut the train in order to work the yard with standard switcher type locomotives. Works like a charm!!!

Alan

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Originally posted by Tom Zemanek:

*They pop up on "the-bay" occ. and are abundant if you keep watching. You Pics BEAUTIFUL !

*Are those K-Line cars ? (or did you mean their MTH)

Thanks Tom. I do enjoy your videos, very much.

If you're referring to my posting, those tank train cars are MTH.

- Mike

I would take a "Quaker State" set. Has a little color to the logo and not as "Plain Jane" as the others.

Alan, Given the change I'd JUMP at your "Layout" vrs. mine ... "Look at you, You speak as tho your ashamed at 072 096 turns" !

"FOR SHAME DOC" !!!

"Man you kill me" Only an insane person whom is "brain-dead" wouldn't "lou've" at a chance just to see what you have (and did).

You Sir:, "are amazing beyond this guy's wildest dreams" !



there it is.

I would love to get some of those tank train cars, Especially the GATX TT in NS

Hey Tom....it won't be the first time I have been "brain-dead"!!! ... Anyway, your compliments mean a lot to me especially coming from a guy that represents better than anyone else what this hobby is about! I am honored to consider you a friend and some day we need to meet. If you are going to Indianapolis in September for the National O-scale meet, let me know. While we're gone, we will be there!!!! We will have relatives staying here taking care of the pets and probably running trains . It would be great to meet you if you plan to drive down to Indy!!

Alan

I'll probably miss that one, but ya never know.

"THANK-YOU Tho" ! (means alot to me)

I found a "TankTrain" Clip I did awhile ago ... Gas Turbines spank the load !

Did you catch this one ?

Alan.

LOVE THE PICTURES SO COOL TO BE UP SO CLOSE I'LL NEVER SEE ONE IN PERSON THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PICTURES

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Originally posted by prrhorseshoecurve:














UP/Sp oilcan train #48679




Car #44586-44600 in 2007 all white scheme in Vermont.



Details of the hose connections!


Cars #446599&44600 repainted in 2010 in the latest scheme

Car #44600 in 2007 in Vermont.

Love the Quaker state cars, I will take a dozen of them babies. NICE! Those tank train tankers seem to be good sellers for Lionel, hopefully they will make some more for us.

Lionel must produce the 2nd series of CN GATX Tank Train cars with the black on the bottom. There has to be the 2 A-B end cars and 7 intermediate tank cars. There is a demand for more of the CN GATX TankTrain tank cars. The 2nd scheme is what we have to have made right now.

It would be a mistake to not make the Quaker State TankTrain scheme as soon as possible.

Andrew

Falcon Service

I seriously doubt there are going to be any more for sale on e-bay unless there is one or two giant personal collection sale for a change to a different era by the owner.

Lionel has to make more graphic scheme variations of the Tank Train tank cars. Plus, they just need to add the valve detail on the bottom.

Andrew

The QS cars look great!

Is there some sort of secret collectables production limit made by somebody at LIONEL.

Why are they endlessly producing the O Gauge 3-Dome cars that were never very widespread and the TankTrain tank cars have been seriously limited in availablilty?

Is the factory extremely understaffed?

Andrew

I hope that Lionel issues more TankTrain cars. The few sets that come up for sale on ebay usually run for about $275 for a 3-car set.

When I re-do my layout in late Spring, I've got the perfect spot for a 3-car set!

Jim

I need to "tank up". I have none, zero, on my layout!

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Why are they endlessly producing the O Gauge 3-Dome cars that were never very widespread and the TankTrain tank cars have been seriously limited in availablilty?

Maybe becasue you are comparing the three dome tank car that was produced for decades upon decades whereas the Tanktrain Tank car only began production in the mid 2000. Give Lionel your WRITTEN Demands[and point then to this thread too while you are at it! ] They didn't spend hundreds of thousands of $$ on molds just to sit around... or did they?

Jerry C. YOU better STRIKE while the Iron is HOT!

BTW : lets see how this one goes! I wish I got the cars on this set!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel...&hash=item19cade870d

No doubt Lionel needs to produce more tank train cars. Even better a three pack of intermediate's like the vision line ethanol tankers with freight sounds. It would also be nice if pieces were included to convert an A or B car into an intermidiate car as well.

I know this is a stupid question, but what is the hose connection for between the two tank cars?

I would love to buy some GATX Black tankers they are very hard to find

Many Tanks!

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Originally posted by Deekbears:
I know this is a stupid question, but what is the hose connection for between the two tank cars?

The hose connection between each car allows the entire consist to be emptied of filled by connecting to the lead car.

These are the GATX Tank Trains for CN / Ultramar that need to be made.

http://www.youtube.com/results...l0l0l375l375l3-1l1l0


Andrew

Me too please! Joe

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Originally posted by Dave45681:

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Originally posted by Joe G:
I'll take some more ...

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If I recall, I think there are something like 12 or 13 missing road numbers between the last intermediate car and the end car for that set.

Just please don't catalog them all at one time!!

-Dave

HELLO DAVE CAN YOU SELL ME A EXTRA B UNIT CN TANK CAR THANKS JOE EMAIL IS mth30thstreet@hotmail.com

I'd love more tank cars on my layout but my setting is 1950. Those big, welded, frameless tank cars weren't around in 1950, although I'm not sure of just when they were first built. Probably around 1960.

The tank cars I'm looking for, and the ones I remember as a kid, are the 8,000 gallon, up to 11,000 gallon riveted tank cars with a substantial steel frame. Before these came into the picture, probably went into service around 1920. Before that time tank cars were generally flat cars that had tanks added to them.

So far, the primary makers of scale, riveted, tank cars are Atlas, MTH and Lionel. Unfortunately, they're not cheap. But before 1950 these cars were almost as popular as box cars were. Some railroads ran an early version of a "unit train" using loaded tank cars coming from one shipper and traveling to one destination. Some called them "rolling pipe lines".

Paul Fischer

What is needed is a production run of the 1977 GATX TankTrain scheme with all of the paint colors faded or lightened to make them look the real cars after 20 years of exposure to the elements.

Andrew

Falcon Service

#1 on my Christmas list.

I'm glad I bought the TankTrain cars, I have set 6-19639, 6-17933,and cars 6-19647, 6-19637,a total of 8, are there any that I have missed besides the SP TankTrain Set that I passed on, for what reason I don't know. No I do not was to sell them.

John, Merry Christmas

These are amazing cars. But at $90 a pop from Lionel, I don't think I will ever own any.