I picked up these two cars at a show over the weekend. The first…a flanger, has no markings on it at all. It looks to have been scratchbuilt. The frame looks like it came from the MDC 40’ hoppers so I guess calling it scratchbuilt is a bit of a stretch. Anyway, is there a prototype for this or is it the wild creation from somebody’s mind.
The second car looks like it is an AHM/Tyco car. I don’t recal ever seeing one but then again I never look too hard at that stuff. I did a Google of the DOWX and the car number and came up empty. It is an unusual car and I am interested to know if, again, there is a prototype for it and what it was used for.
Well the first one is pretty good as far as it is completed. The side plows need some more work but I have seen pictures of similar cars. Just don;t ask me to tell you where as I have no idea or what railroad. The second car appears to be an empty gas cylinder car used to carry gas cylinders horizontally I believe. I just packed my ORERs to move so I can’t verify the number or ORER usage
In fact, spreaders/flangers quite similar to your model were owned by Con Rail, the Alaska RR, and the NBEC (and probably a number of other roads as well). Your model is missing the hydraulic arms that control the blades and a number of other details. Look part way down the following page:
I agree with the prior poster. The second one looks like a gas cylinder transport. Something like Argon, Helium, Neon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, or other non-flammable and probably non-toxic gas.
Realizing I have an ORER here at the house (2001) I checked for myself on the yellow DOW car and found nothing in that number series. The closest numbers I can find are 38300-38304 (LO covered hoppers). I imagine it is a foobie (here we go again) paint scheme on a model of a real car
There’s a picture of a prototype on page 337 of Edward S. Kaminski’s “American Car & Foundry Company” published by Signature Press. The car is lettered for Dupont and has the reporting marks DUPX 50001. The model may or may not be dimensionally accurate–can’t tell for sure from the photos.
The first model is a Jordan Spreader, looks like it was made from an old Roundhouse/MDC “3 in 1” kit. I built one many years ago. The “kit” contained mostly parts from MDC’s parts bin, and required a whole lot of scratchbuilding to get it to look semi right.
