From: Alan Lambert First off double check your local hobbyshop and lookat the N scale and HO version of the car. And check Lionel website again they said this car was to have scale wheels with the option of puttin highrail wheels on it. Thanks, Alan
________________________________ From: Michael Ostertag <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:49 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Lionel's CN TankCar First thing is its not even the right car lionel put that scheme on. The real car was a national steel car 4 bay cylindrical covered hopper while lionel's offering isn't even close to that. Also, anything more than one car number is also incorrect. The CN only painted the one car in that scheme. It was painted tat way to promote the potash mining and shipping that the CN deals with. This car was used exclusively in the potash industry. You can always tellv the cylindicals service type. This car has the round hatches in the top. Those are alway for the potash or fertilizer industry, while the ones with the trough hatches are always used to ship grains. A better choice will be kaslo shops cylindrical covered hopper and then have some decals made for it. Michael Ostertag -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Alan Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: From: Alan lambert > Lone Star Flyer club > Arlington, Texas > >Tom, >Looks like they were trying new paint colors and used only that side , but it >turned up on the prototype car. MY THOUGHTS. > Alan > > > >________________________________ > From: Tom Hawley <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 3:09 PM >Subject: {S-Scale List} Lionel's CN TankCar > > > >Anyone who knows Lionel's propensity for giving the kiddos stuff like the Mickey & Minnie handcar and the Goofy boxcar may suspect that that "Lifesaver" -looking tankcar is just another Lionel cutesie. But the number on the car in Lionel's catalog turns up a picture of the real one. >But further poking around on the internet reveals the information that this was painted that way on one side only. The other side was a more conventional CN paint scheme. > >I wonder what Lionel will do. > >Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan > > >
