Cierra55, Welcome to the TrainBoard. Hope you enjoy it. Unfortunately I can't help you with any pix of bottle cars, although I remember seeing many over the past 50 years However, I'm sure someone in the Group knows where to find some, or could even post one of their own Thanks for joining and good luck, Hank
Took some pics in Chicago back in 2000. I had scanned them in & they were on Photopoint, but that's not a lot of help now. I'll see if I can get them re-scanned in the next couple of days for you. All the best
I know I have viewed a website with loads of photos of hot metal cars, but I cannot find it Thought I had it in my bookmarks.
Cierra55, apparently you have one tough job ahead of you. I did a Google search for "molten+steel+bottle+car+photo". This was after I tried many other combinations that totally went bust. The only photo I came up with was of a model ... I'll have to admit that it's a darn good one, but a it's still a model none the less I found it at the following site http://www.peachcreekshops.com/projimg.htm By the way, where is Malden? I grew up in Bedford Hills, about 15 miles east of Peekskill and never heard of Malden ... although I have to admit that that's my loss [ 23 January 2002: Message edited by: Hank Coolidge ]
There was an excellent article in the Railroad Model Craftsman magazine July 1989 issue. It has some superb photographs of model bottle cars weatherd and with slag build-up around the rim, etc., plus prototype pics. If you cannot find it, and would like to see it, I may be able to get some copies made and sent to you
