I'm either a bit puzzled or I must have missed something in this thread. While insulated tank cars were mentioned for carrying asphalt in bulk, it is understood that the insulation must have been

Gary, Define “modern” please. Before or after the cut-off of this group? Thanks & Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

The MR article was for a modern facility, but I assume some of the same concepts apply to the 20's. Will need to do more research. Gary Ray

Begin forwarded message: Standard did indeed own Union Tank until the Standard breakup of 1911. But Union remained on friendly terms with all the "baby Standards" that followed, as well

Dave, this is a terrific post, thanks so much for putting all this information out there. I appreciate it, and the other data that’s emerged in this thread from others, very much. I realized that

Helps a lot, thanks Dick. Will score me a RPCyc vol. 10. best regards Fred Jansz

The caption for this photo reads, "Barber AsphaltCompany 8,000-gallon tank car, built in the early 1900s by the German AmericanCar Company; retains arch bar trucks." Obviously pre-World War

Website says these are still on Back Order. Bill Welch

Guys, It is settled. My regular September ops session will be held on Sunday the 18th beginning at noon. I have two volunteers, Joe Surowec and Mike Turner, but need one more for my three man crew.

Guess I prefer a different type of gondola and will try to post a photo of it. Cordially, Don Valentine

Hi Fred, Check the car numbers of the cars on p.169 of the PFE book against the data from Brian Leppert or what is on my SmugMug site. Bruce Smith was mistaken. Those are Klasing hand brakes

I know of two references for asphalt transfer terminals. The first one was published in the February 1994 Model Railroader, pages 84-91. The second appears in Pelle Soeborg’s book, Rebuilding a

It is important to note that when Standard was broken up, JohnW. Van Dyke became president of Atlantic Refining. This is the sameinventive genius that developed UTLX's Class V (frameless) and Class X

Tony or others with specific knowledge Not just for a team track. Is there a asphalt piping and possibly heating and storage information available. Would the plant have changed much over the time

Looking through the 1936 tariff again, I found 15 cars marked as lead-lined. All but four are 6000 gallons or larger, i.e. probably too big for bromine. The others are between 3500-4100 gallons: ATX

I'm also wondering about regional asphalt carriers in the 1920's in CA. I know that Union, Shell, Standard, Hancock, Rio Grande, Gilmore, and Associated all had distributors in northern CA at the

Schuyler: I can only comment on the four "Standards" that were a presence in the Northeast. Hopefully others can comment on other regions. New York (SOCONY = Mobil): Was awarded the six New England

Dave , Interesting ad. I researched 1926 as I have two CA Dept. of Highways yards on my layout of northern CA. A 1922 article in the Oil Trade Journal (Google Books) show Standard Oil was

Thank you Tony for this description for modeling an asphalt tank car. I do have a question… What equipment would be required to unload an asphalt tank car at a team track? Cheers, Bill

Can anyone provide a listing of where the various regional companies’ non-plain-UTLX-black cars would have been common? I mean, for instance, that “Magnolia” at least >sounds< like a southern