Prototype for old Atlas whale tank car?

[nickelplate759]

I have one - it's pretty big.   I'll have a look tonight and see if it matches your description.

[C855B]

It does look from the pictures that I have seen of the Atlas car, though, that it is a lot smaller than either the UTLX or GATX car. For example the Atlas tank does not have [unlike me ] a saggy pot belly that extends down below the bolster line, between the trucks. Until I can get hold of one of the Atlas bodies, it is difficult to see what the possibilities are, but it does look as if the body is significantly smaller than the 'jumbo' or 'whale cars.

I would love to hear differently!

 

Are you looking at the right Atlas car? What you're describing sounds like the 33,000 gallon "jumbo". There is confusion since there are some info sources referring to the "jumbo" as "whale" or "whale body". The hobby community, at least in my experience, is usually talking about the 60,000 gallon, 4-truck 94' car when "whale" is mentioned.

Here's Mark's (Spookshow) page for the "94 foot tank car": http://www.spookshow.net/freight/atlasroco94tank.html  . Body definitely extends down well below bolster level.

[cjm413]

Are you looking at the right Atlas car? What you're describing sounds like the 33,000 gallon "jumbo". There is confusion since there are some info sources referring to the "jumbo" as "whale" or "whale body". The hobby community, at least in my experience, is usually talking about the 60,000 gallon, 4-truck 94' car when "whale" is mentioned.

Here's Mark's (Spookshow) page for the "94 foot tank car": http://www.spookshow.net/freight/atlasroco94tank.html  . Body definitely extends down well below bolster level.

Pic from A1G

http://www.irwinsjournal.com/a1g/a1g_3114.jpg

I don't have any Atlas span bolsters to measure or take pictures of, but it appears that any "detail" is limited to the end platforms that have been raised to clear the truck-mounted couplers.

It appears that the Atlas span bolsters may have a shorter distance between the trucks on each span bolster vs the prototype (see below), but part of that visual appearance may be due to the stock pizza cutter flanges.

http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/railwhales/photos/GATX_96500y.bmp

[prbharris]

The hobby community, at least in my experience, is usually talking about the 60,000 gallon, 4-truck 94' car when "whale" is mentioned. Here's Mark's (Spookshow) page for the "94 foot tank car": http://www.spookshow.net/freight/atlasroco94tank.html  . Body definitely extends down well below bolster level.

Yes - I got it wrong in the searches. Thats the one!! Thanks for the clarification - and apologies for the misdirection!

Peter

Peter Harris
N Scale Kits
www.nscalekits.com

[cjm413]

Has anyone printed these span bolsters out to see if they are compatible with the Atlas tank body rather than the 3D tank body?

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:698848#Summary