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 &

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

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

Got it. Ron Merrick

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

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

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' --

Nicely done. What decals did you use. Lloyd Keyser

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

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

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

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

Doug's photo of PSPX 13206 could lead to a reasonable kitbash of the Athearn "Chemical" tank car. Its underframe is nominally like the GATX Type 30. A new, correctly sized valve casing (not an

Thank you once again Doug. What is shown in your 4th and 7th photos is exactly what I'm looking for. Tim seems to have most of it from his Champ decal set but I'd like to have the Phillips reporting

Curious question, Wade Phillips any relation to the NFL coach? Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Perhaps the tangent insulated tank car could be a starting point for a LNG car as in this article featured years ago on the Resin Car Works blog. http://resincarworks.com/RwyRev_Type22design.pdf As to

Acc to Sunshine's info they had both the 10'3" and 7'8" ones. Best I can tell the P2K is a 8'5" car numbered for the 7'8" ones and in white lettering.. Martin said that series had yellow lettering.

People ask me about Barge cement. I recently used it to attach a couple of boxcar roofs so it's the latest post on my DesignBuildOp

I found a Mather stock car that I'd done when the kits were new, and it has wire grab irons, plus uncoupling levers, that I must have applied. Then I looked at a couple kits that I bought on eBay

Looks like 7-10 IH -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts