The M&StL 25000e series were all used cars. 25000-25298 from PM 1937-1953 25400-25898 from PM 1939-1953 25300-25898 from ? 1940-1953 Info from Gene Green

Rich wrote: “As an early 1950’s New England modeler, I’m wondering if a car with grain doors would ever show up in that part of the world.” One option would be bulk shipments of various

Hi, Here is what I remember - growing up in a small town in Washington State. Gas and Diesel came to town in both tank cars (more) and trucks and was delivered to an oil dealer. From the oil

A few more photos. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Sorry Alex, I don't. The Hathi Trust collection only runs through 1923. I do know that the magazine persisted for many years, eventually becoming the Pipeline and Gas Journal. I also don't know if

Thanks Nelson, that helps a lot. I was wondering why I’ve never seen any in photos of my model subjects. That explains it. Rich

Dave, the list you provided is very informative but well before my modeling era. Do you have any postwar editions or any suggestions where collections of Oildom are held by libraries? Thanks Alex

Wow! Thanks. I should have known that you are the go to person for odd requests. Based on your photos I am going to have to make a lot more. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Thanks. Jared Harper Athens, GA

In the main, I agree with Ken, as long as "any" is broadly defined. I've attached a 1921 list of refineries from the trade journal Oildom, as it might provide some insights about refinery locations

Hi, I model the SP but am interested in having at least semirealistic models of other road’s cars in my trains which led mehere. I hope that I can pick the collective brains about models that

not sure about New England, but in Vancouver BC (which is a long ways from the grain belt) there were dedicated storage buildings for grain doors from sometime in the 1920s until boxcars ceased to be

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 05:36 PM, Robert kirkham wrote: Looking at the photo a little more closely, i’m thinking the car with the Murphy 5/5/5 end is lettered M&StL. It has an illegible 5 digit

Unless a car is being loaded or unloaded, you will never see grain doors because the car doors are closed and sealed while the car is in transit. I see trains with open box car doors, grain doors

Hi all, I feel a bit hesitant to ask this, but as a non-granger road modeler, I hope that I will be forgiven… Over what distance range were grain doors used? Were they used primarily in ‘local’

NP 49210 was dismantled 4-12-1944. -Hudson

Thanks for the comments Jack. I should have looked these up in the ORER before writing. . . . Years ago, i knew so little about some of these railroads. For example, i used to think M&StL stood for

Thanks Bruce! Much appreciated.

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 10:05 AM, Robert kirkham wrote: I’m wondering whether that is a MILW car to the right, with the reporting mark somewhat obscured on the 5/5/5 murphy corrugations.Well, MILW

Steve, I was purposefully vague because I did the original car modifications something like 10 years ago and I wasn't sure exactly what I had done.🧐 I took your request as motivation to look back