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Miniatures Adventure => Railway Wargaming => Topic started by: axabrax on January 27, 2010, 08:13:34 PM

Title: Tankers for Old West trains?
Post by: axabrax on January 27, 2010, 08:13:34 PM

I just got my Goldlok Western Express train. It comes with a "Tanker" car. Is that historically accurate? If I have the tanker can I use this as a Civil War train as well?  It just seems a little "new-fangled," but I'm not really a railway history expert  ;)

Thanks

- Steve

Title: Re: Tankers for Old West trains?
Post by: Cory on January 27, 2010, 08:43:30 PM

Civil war era a wooden tank car is more likely than a steel one, but a steel tank car is essentially an engine boiler without all of the pipes and boxes so the change is in cost not technology. Loads would include water, kerosene, vinegar, molasses, etc.

Title: Re: Tankers for Old West trains?
Post by: Plynkes on January 27, 2010, 08:45:04 PM

Sounds slightly too late for the Civil War if it's iron, but good for later Old West games.

Timeline here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_car (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_car)

Title: Re: Tankers for Old West trains?
Post by: Schogun on January 27, 2010, 10:04:53 PM

The tank is attached with two tabs. Take it off and convert it to a flat car.

Title: Re: Tankers for Old West trains?
Post by: former user on February 10, 2010, 08:09:49 PM

if it is 0 gauge we can exchange
what would You need?