Tyco Collector's Forum -
Welcome to the forum.
Username:
Password:
Save Password


Register
Forgot your Password?
  Home   Forums   Events Calendar   Forum Admins & Mods   FAQ   Install Search Provider   Register
Active Topics | Active Polls | Newsletters | Member Map | Members | Online Users |
[ Active Members: 0 | Anonymous Members: 0 | Guests: 63 ]  [ Total: 63 ]  [ Newest Member: alebozzo ] Select Skin:
 All Forums
 Other Great HO Trains
 Athearn Motive Power & Rolling Stock.
 Tank car hazmat placards
   All users can post NEW topics in this forum
   All users can reply to topics in this forum
 Printer Friendly
Author Previous Topic: refit old Athearn F unit with brass bearings Topic Next Topic: Athearn DD40 Hand Rails  

PRR 4800
Big Boy


MantuaShifterAvatar

Status: offline

 Posted - February 13 2015 :  9:56:54 PM Link directly to this topic  Show Profile  Add PRR 4800 to Buddylist
Very specific question that's been bugging me.

The 62' modern tanker kits came with hazmat placards for all four sides. The frame/walkway piece for the shorter tanks (42' chemical, triple dome shared the same one) appears to have mounting holes for them on the ends only though, and I've only seen one equipped with them but it was a custom job by someone else. So I'm wondering if they were actually included, and just rarely installed/frequently lost like brakewheels, or if for some reason they provided for their installation but did not include them.
--CRC
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 930  ~  Member Since: January 25 2012  ~  Last Visit: August 23 2023 Alert Moderator 

RDC1
Hudson

P&R

Status: offline

 Posted - February 13 2015 :  10:24:58 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add RDC1 to Buddylist
Good question ... I have no idea. None of mine had them installed ... they were all 2nd hand too.
~ Dave

They're ALL toys
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 547  ~  Member Since: December 25 2010  ~  Last Visit: May 20 2019 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

microbusss
Big Boy





tiger

Status: offline

 Posted - February 13 2015 :  11:20:48 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add microbusss to Buddylist
you could go onto the Net, find pictures of the haz-mat signs, shrink them down to HO size, print them out & glue them on
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 14894  ~  Member Since: February 23 2009  ~  Last Visit: April 29 2025 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

PRR 4800
Big Boy


MantuaShifterAvatar

Status: offline

 Posted - February 14 2015 :  11:22:24 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add PRR 4800 to Buddylist
quote:
you could go onto the Net, find pictures of the haz-mat signs, shrink them down to HO size, print them out & glue them on

Originally posted by microbusss - February 13 2015 :  11:20:48 PM



Already did that for a dozen or so different cargoes. The athearn hazmat placards are almost exactly 3 mm square. I usually print out little sheets of self-adhesive stickers and cut them to size. Pretty fun!
--CRC
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 930  ~  Member Since: January 25 2012  ~  Last Visit: August 23 2023 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

microbusss
Big Boy





tiger

Status: offline

 Posted - February 14 2015 :  12:12:04 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add microbusss to Buddylist
quote:

Already did that for a dozen or so different cargoes. The athearn hazmat placards are almost exactly 3 mm square. I usually print out little sheets of self-adhesive stickers and cut them to size. Pretty fun!
Originally posted by PRR 4800 - February 14 2015 :  11:22:24 AM


cool I put a real one on the front of my house
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 14894  ~  Member Since: February 23 2009  ~  Last Visit: April 29 2025 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

JNXT 7707
Big Boy


Status: offline

 Posted - February 14 2015 :  9:14:49 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add JNXT 7707 to Buddylist
quote:

cool I put a real one on the front of my house

Originally posted by microbusss - February 14 2015 :  12:12:04 PM



Did Scottsbluff require you to?
http://tycodepot.com/
 Posts: 2451  ~  Member Since: April 11 2013  ~  Last Visit: June 26 2019 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

microbusss
Big Boy





tiger

Status: offline

 Posted - February 15 2015 :  12:04:11 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add microbusss to Buddylist
quote:

Did Scottsbluff require you to?

Originally posted by JNXT 7707 - February 14 2015 :  9:14:49 PM


naah I did it Sides my dad got a old box from a truck & it has a changeable placard & I changed it to Radioactive
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 14894  ~  Member Since: February 23 2009  ~  Last Visit: April 29 2025 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

PRR 4800
Big Boy


MantuaShifterAvatar

Status: offline

 Posted - February 15 2015 :  2:48:43 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add PRR 4800 to Buddylist
quote:
quote:

Did Scottsbluff require you to?

Originally posted by JNXT 7707 - February 14 2015 :  9:14:49 PM


naah I did it Sides my dad got a old box from a truck & it has a changeable placard & I changed it to Radioactive

Originally posted by microbusss - February 15 2015 :  12:04:11 AM



Radioactive? Very fitting... eventually you'll fill your house with enough trains that it'll go supercritical
--CRC
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 930  ~  Member Since: January 25 2012  ~  Last Visit: August 23 2023 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

microbusss
Big Boy





tiger

Status: offline

 Posted - February 15 2015 :  3:49:36 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add microbusss to Buddylist
ah sayed ah wuz bein' silly

hehe
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 14894  ~  Member Since: February 23 2009  ~  Last Visit: April 29 2025 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

scsshaggy
Big Boy


scsshaggy

Status: offline

 Posted - February 15 2015 :  5:23:23 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add scsshaggy to Buddylist
Everyone and everything is at least a little radioactive. And as for the red "dangerous" placard, that could probably apply to all of us somehow or other.
Carpe Manana!
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 2405  ~  Member Since: September 17 2013  ~  Last Visit: April 29 2025 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

SOU2645
Big Six

Status: offline

 Posted - February 15 2015 :  7:41:15 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add SOU2645 to Buddylist
the 42' tanks have holes on the sides of the frames for placards too.
Larry
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 251  ~  Member Since: May 04 2010  ~  Last Visit: April 22 2016 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

walt
Big Boy



Tyco Yum

Status: offline

 Posted - February 15 2015 :  8:54:48 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add walt to Buddylist
quote:
quote:

cool I put a real one on the front of my house

Originally posted by microbusss - February 14 2015 :  12:12:04 PM



Did Scottsbluff require you to?

Originally posted by JNXT 7707 - February 14 2015 :  9:14:49 PM
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 6279  ~  Member Since: February 18 2009  ~  Last Visit: March 04 2022 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

walt
Big Boy



Tyco Yum

Status: offline

 Posted - February 15 2015 :  8:56:56 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add walt to Buddylist
quote:
ah sayed ah wuz bein' silly

hehe

Originally posted by microbusss - February 15 2015 :  3:49:36 PM



Where was this photo taken???
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 6279  ~  Member Since: February 18 2009  ~  Last Visit: March 04 2022 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

microbusss
Big Boy





tiger

Status: offline

 Posted - February 15 2015 :  9:44:15 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add microbusss to Buddylist
quote:

Where was this photo taken???
Originally posted by walt - February 15 2015 :  8:56:56 PM


right outside my house Why?
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 14894  ~  Member Since: February 23 2009  ~  Last Visit: April 29 2025 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

PRR 4800
Big Boy


MantuaShifterAvatar

Status: offline

 Posted - February 16 2015 :  12:16:13 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add PRR 4800 to Buddylist
That container is full of trains, isn't it.
--CRC
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 930  ~  Member Since: January 25 2012  ~  Last Visit: August 23 2023 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

Autobus Prime
Hudson

Status: offline

 Posted - February 16 2015 :  08:06:05 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add Autobus Prime to Buddylist
quote:
Very specific question that's been bugging me.

The 62' modern tanker kits came with hazmat placards for all four sides. The frame/walkway piece for the shorter tanks (42' chemical, triple dome shared the same one) appears to have mounting holes for them on the ends only though, and I've only seen one equipped with them but it was a custom job by someone else. So I'm wondering if they were actually included, and just rarely installed/frequently lost like brakewheels, or if for some reason they provided for their installation but did not include them.

Originally posted by PRR 4800 - February 13 2015 :  9:56:54 PM



PRR:

Yes, the Athearn 42' tank cars come with placard holders:

http://www.nmra.org/sites/default/files/assets/a-tnkdrg.gif

They're also a weird design which is apparently based on Santa Fe used for Bunker C fuel oil (for steam locomotives). The Tyco car and the Mantua Heavy (Lindberg) car are a little shorter, which looks more typical of a steam-era tank car to my eyes.
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 432  ~  Member Since: March 04 2008  ~  Last Visit: December 28 2018 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

microbusss
Big Boy





tiger

Status: offline

 Posted - February 16 2015 :  2:18:18 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add microbusss to Buddylist
quote:
That container is full of trains, isn't it.

Originally posted by PRR 4800 - February 16 2015 :  12:16:13 AM


nopes I wish tho
My dad needed it to store stuffs in & it was $800 including transport
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 14894  ~  Member Since: February 23 2009  ~  Last Visit: April 29 2025 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

walt
Big Boy



Tyco Yum

Status: offline

 Posted - February 16 2015 :  2:30:16 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add walt to Buddylist
So Dad lives there too?
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 6279  ~  Member Since: February 18 2009  ~  Last Visit: March 04 2022 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

microbusss
Big Boy





tiger

Status: offline

 Posted - February 16 2015 :  4:04:49 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add microbusss to Buddylist
quote:
So Dad lives there too?

Originally posted by walt - February 16 2015 :  2:30:16 PM


nooo but he owns my house & 3 other buildings near me
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 14894  ~  Member Since: February 23 2009  ~  Last Visit: April 29 2025 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page
  Previous Topic: refit old Athearn F unit with brass bearings Topic Next Topic: Athearn DD40 Hand Rails  
 Printer Friendly
Jump To:
Tyco Collector's Forum - © Snitz Forums 2000 Go To Top Of Page...
 Image Forums 2001 This page was generated in 0.64 seconds. Powered By: Snitz Forums 2000