Tim O'Connor wrote: Sure, but without retail outlets at the destination, why bother? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Lou Whiteley wrote: The Sunset Railway was operated in alternate five-year periods by ATSF and SP, so how you find it listed depends on which year you look at. Certainly since 1920 it had no

Just to muddy the waters... I have a 1957 slide of SRDX 2601 in Los Angeles, lettered for "D-X Sunray Oil Co" of Tulsa OK. I have several 1960's photos of Sunoco tank cars in Texas but that is past

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The 1953 ORER lists Sunland Refining Corp. with reporting marks S.R.X. with only two ARA type II cars. The company was in Fresno. Sunray Oil corporation with reporting marks S.U.Y.X. had 300

In a message dated 11/18/2007 2:15:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, destron@... writes: Sunray Oil, perhaps? Just at a blind-fire guess. Slightly related, in that it is tank cars: I have a

Thanks for that; answered a question on another tank car photo I have (NSOX 328) - North Star Oil was absorbed into Shell Canada. I can send you a copy if you want - I have digital copy from the

Greg, It was in the non-member store on the NMRA.org site but it is no longer listed. Amazon also lists it as unavailable. I would appear the second printing is sold out. Rich

This raises the question in my mind, what sort of print run >>did<< they make? And could it have cost less if they'd tripled the run vs whatever they did make? SGL Greg Martin wrote: NMRA

The short answer is yes - it was the Canadian subsidiary of Union Oil of California, active mostly in the 1930s and 1940s and its British Columbia operation was closely intertwined with that of

Union Oil of Canada was Union Oil of California's western Canadian subsidiary. I have several photos of UOKX cars dating from the late 1920s. The 11/31 ORER shows 70 cars under OKX reporting

No. because the Sun Oil Co. was entirely an east coast operation (and later midwestern, after it acquired DX). It had no offices in Los Angeles, no western production facilities, and no wholesale

Sunray Oil, perhaps? Just at a blind-fire guess. Slightly related, in that it is tank cars: I have a photo of a tank car marked "Union Oil Co of Canada, Vancouver, BC", UOKX 10010. Did this

Robert Simpson wrote: And lettered for Los Angeles? Not very likely. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Could it be Sun Oil Company, later Sunoco? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunoco Robert Simpson that has only part of it's original company name left on it's upper side.The name as I can best make

I've seen it used for making bridge piers; I don't know if there had been any filing or other cleanup work done to the parts, but they looked very sharp. Frank Valoczy Vancouver,

Jeff wrote > The article that Bruce referred to makes this particular type of RP accessible to the average modeler. There is a need to "draft" the part in 3-D but the rest of the work can be

Hello , I've been trying to identify an early rivetted tank car that has only part of it's original company name left on it's upper side.The name as I can best make out begins with the word

Bruce, Commercial models are available made using the rapid prototyping technique. The outfit is called Smoky Mountain Model Works and is run by Jim King. Jim was making O-scale models but was

In a message dated 11/17/2007 2:36:43 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, bauerrv2000@... writes: You might check www.speedwitch.You might check www.speedwitch.<WBR>com for stock. Rainer