Intermountain tank cars are in...

[Tom L]

But going fast, at least the UTLX. They sold out within a few hours on the Model train stuff website. Glad they are back and with metal wheels.

Tom L

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Lol, seriously!

These are the ones that used to have the broken tooling, right?

[Chris333]

Are they new tooling then?  Used to be called 8000k tankcars, now it says ACF type27.

[Tom L]

Lol, seriously!

These are the ones that used to have the broken tooling, right?

That's what I remember hearing, probably true since it's been years since they were offered. I have one I can't find that I built from a kit they used to offer.

I am no student of tank cars, so I don't know about how accurate they are, but the old ones were nice looking cars. The photos of the new run looks nice as well, if not identical. Wish I could find my old one to compare.

I'll be in for some of the red Mobilgas cars when they are available. I see those a lot in photos of 50's era freight trains. Bet those go fast as well. The union starch cars are intriguing to me as well.

Tom L

[sd45elect2000]

I haven't gotten the 6 UTLX cars I ordered but it appears that they are at least partially retooled. I do know the old molds were to the point that it would have been difficult to offer RTR cars. The raw sprues required a lot of work to get them together.

The 8000 gallon ACF car is a 1927 or type 27 car and always have been.

Randy

[Mark5]

Are they new tooling then?  Used to be called 8000k tankcars, now it says ACF type27.

My understanding is that the IM model is a 8000 gallon ACF Type 27 (Type 27 tanks could be 6000, 8000, 10000, etc).

http://resincarworks.com/extras/hawkins_ACFtype27_AcidTankCars-1.pdf

Mark

[sd45elect2000]

My understanding is that the IM model is a 8000 gallon ACF Type 27 (Type 27 tanks could be 6000, 8000, 10000, etc).

http://resincarworks.com/extras/hawkins_ACFtype27_AcidTankCars-1.pdf

Mark

That's a really nice link!

[Altoona]

Does anybody know of any e-store that has them? MBK &BLW is out of them all ready.

[bbussey]

InterMountain told me today that a 2nd shipment was sent to MBK just before the show.

[crrcoal]

What era are these cars/road names good for?

[garethashenden]

What era are these cars/road names good for?

MBK lists the service dates. Not sure how much variation there is within a paint scheme, but across the range they seem to be 1924-1952.

[Mark5]

It should be noted that this release has body mounted couplers.

[sd45elect2000]

And a wire handrail instead of the plastic one. I wonder if I can get them separately?

Randy

[jmlaboda - RIP]

Anyone know the length of the IM cars?

Never mind... I found it.

[sd45elect2000]

36' at end sills.

Randy