Wooden Tank Car

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Wooden Tank Car

Post by big-ted » Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:08 pm

All,

I don't get to contribute much here, choosing instead to lurk & enjoy the modelling work & stories of others, but I thought some might be interested to see this wagon I found during my visit to the Toronto railroad museum.

It's a wooden tank car built in 1938 to transport vinegar. Obviously this one is standard gauge, but I'm sure some of you might find this an interesting prototype nonetheless!

Apologies for the shadows. The sun was just starting to go down.


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Post by Keith S » Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:34 pm

I believe I saw that car when I was a little boy- my Father volunteered there in the seventies.

One can easily imagine a little narrow-gauge wagon with a wooden tank on it. I would paint mine green and label it "Pickles".
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Post by tom_tom_go » Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:39 pm

A Pringles can with lollipop sticks stuck on it would be a good representation of the wagon, good find...
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:03 pm

Marvelous - I've had a vinegar transporter wagon on the DVLR for nearly 8 years now - it is just a bittle of sarsons on a wagon so is a bit of a flight of fancy. If I want to make it more serious I know what to do now!
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