Jones and Laughlin Tank Car 3-dome
Manufacturer:
NorthWest Short Line
Category:
Tank Car 3-dome
Road Name:
Jones and Laughlin
Model Introduced:
1972
Product Type:
Brass Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Model Online Article:
Supplemental:
Notes:
NorthWest Short Line found its Japanese builder with an open factory position, and so offered this first-ever S-scale brass import, a Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. 20,000-gallon tank car for moving coal tar around its steel-mill properties. There were only five prototype cars of this design. Decals were included, but the model came without trucks or couplers. Dick added HO-scale Kadee couplers. The product was reviewed in the November 1973 S Gauge Herald. Tom Lennon used older Enhorning Koppers decals to decorate his model.
(image copyright © Dick Karnes)
(image copyright © Tom Henderson)
(image copyright © Tom Lennon)