Tangent Scale Models HO 19016-03 General American GATC 8,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car ‘Dunbar Molasses New Orleans 1919+’ DMSX #162

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Tangent Scale Models HO 19016-03 General American GATC 8,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Car ‘Dunbar Molasses New Orleans 1919+’ DMSX #162

Tangent Scale Models is proud to introduce our next production of General American 8,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Cars. Radial course means the tank’s steel panels overlap each other, looking like stairsteps.

DMSX ‘Dunbar Molasses New Orleans 1919+’ is the first of two offerings for the early steam-era modelers out there.  This model is offered in the attractive ‘Dunbar Molasses and Syrup Company’ scheme with classy white stenciling on the side of the car.  Also, NEW ORLEANS, LA. is proudly stenciled on the car.  As always, this scheme comes directly off of a prototype car that matches our model.  Molasses was a common 8000 gallon tank car commodity even if it sounds unusual.  It was a core ingredient in foodstuffs, animal feed, vinegar, citric acid, etc. 

While in today’s world it is hard to imagine molasses as a tank car commodity traveling by rail, remember that the combination of manufacturing and packaging practices, as well as pre-truck era, both contributed to tank cars being used for more than just oil-related commodities at that time in our nation’s history (and molasses today is still a common rail tank car commodity). General American was proud to help design custom tank cars for their many customers, including Dunbar Molasses.

Our Dunbar Molasses 1919+ cars come with era-correct K-brakes and are available in two all-new road numbers for 2022.

Features for these awesome replicas include:

• Features for these awesome replicas include:
• Circumferential riveted tank body and riveted underframe
• Radial course tank body – note the stairstep appearance
• All-new underframe for the GATC 1917-design
• See-through cast knee above the bolsters
• Accurate dome appliances
• Dimensionally-correct hazardous placards with accurate hole detail
• Separately applied tank handrail
• Separately applied tank strap detail
• KC- or AB- brake variations depending on the prototype car
• Inclusion of Cardwell draft sill springs depending on the prototype car, otherwise oval frame openings where the springs were removed
• Different hand brake appliance options depending on the prototype car
• Highly correct true to life colors
• Hyper-Accurate lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement, including lettering applied to the underframe and air reservoir
• Durable wire grab irons and coupler lift bars
• Separate air hoses
• Near-scale draft gear box with side detail
• Kadee scale-head couplers
• CNC-machined 33” wheels in high-quality Tangent Scale Models ASF cast steel truck with spring plank and with separate brake beams
• Replacement semi-scale wheels available separately from Tangent
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme – these cars often traveled in groups of more than one
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Prototype Information:

By the end of World War I, U.S. production of oil and oil-related products was sharply increasing thanks to the combination of war-related demands as well as demands from home. In order to move oil and new consumer products, tank car producers introduced new car designs. In 1917, General American Tank Car introduced a new general service 8,000 gallon non-insulated tank car that became immensely popular with bulk liquids shippers.

Built in East Chicago, IN, these cars were easily identifiable by their circumferential rivets that surrounded the tank body, with notably different heights between the courses. These “radial course” tank cars utilized steel bolster plates that rise up vertically to hold the tank in place, complete with a “web” section behind to minimize steel consumption

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