One car I had wondered about and had seen reference to is the tank car made by Hawk. I have yet to see one but

Regular reader Ed Havens provided photos of a nicely built up outside braced boxcar, with the question who made it? First, taking a look at

Not long ago I had a pair of posts on Hawk. Hawk OO is not common, producing four different cars briefly before WWII. On eBay

The newest issue (June, 2008) of The OO Road (the publication of the NMRA American OO SIG) contains an article by Edward Morlok on the