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  2. Photo: Imperial Oil Tank Car 7044 (1937)

Re: Photo: Imperial Oil Tank Car 7044 (1937)

Ian Cranstone
 

Thanks for finding this photo Bob, it seems to be one I haven’t seen from Library and Archives Canada.

IOX 7044 was actually built by AC&F in the fall of 1920, and reweighed in 3/1937. Following acqusition of the Imperial Oil fleet by UTLX Canadian subsidiary Products Tank Line of Canada (later Procor) at the end of 1952, this car would be renumbered UTLX 26423, and would serve into the 1970s.

The lettering style was adopted by Imperial Oil in 1930 (with some variations), and examples could be found into the 1950s.

Ian Cranstone

Osgoode, Ontario, Canada

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On Nov 12, 2020, at 1:15 PM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:

Photo: Imperial Oil Tank Car 7044 (1937)
A photo from the National Archives of Canada:
This photo can be enlarged quite a bit.
Built 1937.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA
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