Engineer-Joe posted:Yes I did that. Your's did get a few more than mine for some reason? The very first is an Allied Chem car and also some Hooker and others. The search engines find anything with any piece of the words in them.
Most were toy cars. Some were the older era cars. I'm really looking for the last ones that were painted for Stauffer. I'm going to assume that the Atlas O scale model had a real prototype. I don't remember seeing the real car?
The Book American Car and Foundry the first 100 Years by Edward J. Kaminski from the signature press has a big chapter @#2 dedicated to tank cars. there are several pic of Stauffer Chemical tank cars leased from Shippers car line:
SHPX series : 85146-85150 21,730 Gallon cars
then ACFX series: 85273-85293 17,375 Gallon cars
Both built in the late 1960's
In reviewing the Stauffer Chemical Co history, it looks like the company was purchased in the late 1980's
