Simon Winter posted:oscaletrains posted:You got to wonder just how many of each type they produced. There seems to always be a coal tar car or two on ebay. I have 2 built and a couple kits left over from Dad's stuff. Considering that Lobaugh, Custom Brass, and Sunset all made them, every O Scale modeler should be able to at least have 1. I think I have a couple of the Custom brass ones too. No Sunsets though.
Why? Those cars (coal tar) were never used in inter-exchange service. They only traveled 14 miles between the Aliquippa and Pittsburgh plants, so that is the only place you would have seen them. That info from a gent that worked there, per one of the issues of the late "O Scale News". Name was Carl Phillips as I best recall. Interesting thing about the silver color. Mr. Phillips mentioned above never saw anything but black....because of the heat, any paint that was there didn't last long.
Just FYI.
Simon
PS: I think it was mentioned that there were about 10 of those cars.....and they took a beating!
Well, I just like the looks of the car itself I guess. But other than the one my father painted and lettered silver, the rest will be black. But as for their distance and location, yes, there are modelers out there that model a specific place and specific time period and if that's what floats their boat more power to them. Me, I build and run models I like the looks of. If some of the cars in the train happen to be J&L tankers, that's fine by me. People that don't like it don't have to look at it!
