Hi Ed.

Thanks. I have learned more about this car thanks in large part to Richard Hendrickson, some additional reseach last night on my own an on the part of a few other New Haven modelers;
- The company that leased this car was T.A.D. Jones Company
- They were in business from at least 1932 (appeals court property ruling) to 1977 (EPA report on State of CT business compliance survey)
- They were located at 200 Waterfront Street, New Haven, CT (ibid EPA report)
- They were a dealer in bituminous coal, oil and fuels (news clippings on-line)
- They had bulk storage (tank) facilities (Google Earth at above address - rail lines are still evident as are plenty of tanks -Ashland and others had tanks in the vicinity)
- They off-loaded oil from barges at the facility (appeals court ruling with a NJ barge company)
- They owned a diesel locomotive that was serviced by Cummins (1957 appeals court ruling with the New Haven Railroad)
- They leased at least two SHPX tank cars (photographic evidence)

...So, this is definitely an STMFC topic...the only question remaining is if they were a SHPX lessee before 1960, and based on the appeals court case in 1957 that mentioned the company owned a switcher, I feel I can go out on a short limb and be comfortable they were leasing SHPX cars pre-1960...perhaps not the car numbers I have evidence of, but for now I can live with that. I'm hoping on the NHRHTA Forum there might be some folks with switch lists or memories...

Regards,
Peter Ness