General tank car question

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  • July 9, 2018 at 12:46 am #6117
    bargetanika
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    Not MP specific but if anyone would know, someone here will.

    How many of you receive “gift” trains that you “have” to put on the railroad when the giver is around? I have a day glow yellow Shell Oil tank car I received recently, acknowledged with a polite thank-you of course. Was there ever a prototype for a single dome 103-type car? In bright yellow? I might could weather this car down to run it more often but if not I’ll just, as the old gospel song says, “let it shine.”

    July 9, 2018 at 4:04 pm #8867
    alexortiz25
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    Pat,

    I have friends and relative who like to gift me billboard beer reefers. They forget history. A little thing called Prohibition was in effect during my 1929 modeling period.

    July 9, 2018 at 10:03 pm #8868
    peggyrothschild
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    Pat
    Lee Freeman’s wife donated some of his older models to the Missouri Pacific Historical Society to sell. I just sold this one on eBay and believe the paint is[attachment=0:3okay6tz]56DC5FB4-9B4A-43D2-BC2B-B47CCBE3EF04.jpeg[/attachment:3okay6tz] accurate although the tank car itself is too long.

    July 9, 2018 at 10:47 pm #8870
    peggyrothschild
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    René
    Several breweries during prohibition stayed in business by making cheese or soft drinks. Not sure if the billboard reefers displaying beer were repainted but given money was tight they just may have been left ‘as is’.

    July 9, 2018 at 11:04 pm #8871
    bargetanika
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    My car is about that color but appears to be an old Mantua car. Someone weathered it badly with a spray can but I think I can smooth it out.

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