Hi Richard;
Interesting. In a thread on these cars on the Steam Era Freight Cars list
people found several in-service photos of black cars, but none of the silver
(leading to the conclusion that it was a builders paint scheme).
Indications also were that the cars ran only between two plants on a line near
Pittsburg, not in general service around the country.
Pieter E. Roos
Railroad Home Page at
www.geocities.com/pieter_roos/pieter_1.html
--- On Tue, 9/30/08, Richard Karnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Richard Karnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: {S-Scale List} J&L Tank Cars
To: "S-Scale" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 1:36 PM
Rusty et al --
J&L had only five cars of the type imported by NWSL. All were silver
(albeit dirty) with black lettering. See for example page 318 in the 1940 Car
Builders Cyclopedia. J&L also had many more tank cars of a somewhat
different style that were black with white lettering. Champ offered decals for
both cars in HO and S.
As a principal in the NWSL J&L tank car project, I can tell you why we
chose the car. It is complex enough such that it's unlikely that a modeler
would ever build one; most modelers would find its appearance attractive; and
it's certainly not ubiquitous, so the presence of just one on a model
railroad would not evoke the comment "why is there only one?"
Dick Karnes
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