These were the oldest cars in the fleet, and I believe that many riveted shell cars were not leaded back but Ihave been u able to verify completely. Tom Birkett, Bartlesville Sent via the Samsung

According to GATC: A History of the General American Transportation Corporation, GATC purchased 2046 tank cars from Phillips Petroleum in 1945. I would guess this was a lease-back arrangement. Jim

All: I managed the PPCo tank car fleet after the end of this group, but do know some of the history. The first refinery was at Borger, TX the same you Phillips started selling gasoline at retail

Champ HT-66 -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Nicely done. What decals did you use. Lloyd Keyser

Unfortunately correct decals for tank cars often don't exist. Champ HT-66 Philgas is for a GATC tank car. And of course the lettering is far from correct even for that prototype. :-( Tim O' --

Phillips 66 had several refineries in Oklahoma, with the big one being in Bartlesville. Other big ones that still exist are Borger, Texas (Panhandle) and Sweeny, Texas (Gulf Coast). LPG could also

Don a quick google search reveals https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PH004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Petroleum_Company Phillips was based in Bartlesville

Got it. Ron Merrick

were all 3 classes set up the same? single cross-bearer centered under the door? looks like 4's and 5's were at least roger wilson - modeling Tallahassee Sub May/June 1951

Philgas and Skelgas were widely seen in the midwest. Several years ago I sent photos of these cars to Atlas. I received no reply. Champ decals brought out Philgas HT-66 and I think Skelgas. In stead

Hi folks, During my late 1940's modeling period Phillips Petroleum cars were seen quite often on the trackage of the former Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers RR between white River Junction &

Ron, See Henry Maywald's CLASSIC FREIGHT CARS Volume 7, page 37 for a color photo of an MRS steel car in green. Yours Aye, Garth Groff

One last question re the prototype Mather cars -- any suggestions as to the green color? Probably greener than Pullman green. Maybe like the darker NP pine tree green? Or REA green? Ron Merrick

Starting a new thread. Now I'm the proud owner of a Sunshine 7.3 kit for the short (7'-8") Mather box. There is a bundle of narrow styrene strip taped to the bottom of the box, which one uses to form

MDC Plug Door Reefer ad, Model Railroader, October 1959. "Metal's Better." Ben Hom

Wow, they got things done in those days! A box car arrives with 55 tons of coal, is unloaded and cleaned, and reloaded and departs in just 24 hours with a load of corn! :-) -- *Tim

It is a real shame because at one time they did, or at least attempted. That is one reason they purchased the PK2 line from Lifelike. Obviously folks have retired who used to be concerned. The

fwiw i once asked my local hobby shop owner to query the walther's rep about why they were so indifferent to prototype accuracy, even with easy stuff like car numbers. the response was that walther's

I am sure I am not that adroit with a file. Bill Welch