These three freight cars were not built in brass, but with steel. They all seem to date from the early 1940's.
Offset side hopper built from an early 1940's Rail Craft kit having tinplated steel parts.
A USRA twin hopper built in heavier gauge steel than Rail Craft used. Bought built up but lacking AB brake parts and a few other small details.
An 11,000-gallon tank car with a scratch-built steel tank on a Walthers frame and with a Walthers dome. As bought it lacked trucks, couplers, brake details and most grab irons.
The steel tank car finished for Gulf Refining Corp.
The steel USRA hopper finished for the Reading Company.
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