Jim, You should look at Amazon.com. I found a copy for $25.91 back in '91. I know it's not currently available, but... I have my copy readily available if there's something specific you'd like to

Jeff, As early as the mid-1920s, Ashland Oil dyed its gasoline red (Red Pepper Gasoline) and green (Green Pepper Gasoline) -- also left some clear (White Pepper Gasoline). While working as an

Tony wrote: I know Tim is well-traveled, but it's tough to get a grasp of distances in the west unless you do it on the ground. Taking Route 30 following the UP across Wyoming is one way, so is taking

Not if you live here. ;^) SGL

Jim, For what it's worth, I lived in Seattle for a few years in the mid fifties. There was a Richfield station down the street from us. And I seem to remember "Flying A" stations, too. That would

It may be added that the Texaco tank car fleet was gradually absorbed into the GATX fleet, so by the '50s there were relatively few cars still under TCX reporting marks, and many of those were "plain

Richard Hendrickson wrote: So this would be gasoline from the Akinbak Mountains?? Wow! You can learn a lot on this list <g>. Anthony Thompson 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 (510)

Vendome was indeed a Tulsa company, but they had nothing to do with the AGCX cars. Those reporting marks were assigned to the Akin Gasoline Co., whose cars were operated for them in 1950 by the

Salt Lake ain't even half way to the coast from Denver. Get used to it, Tim. The west is bigger than Massachusetts. <g> Anthony Thompson 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 (510) 540-6538;

Might be a good thing to do with one of those 41' Branchline cars? SGL

Tim, I'm well aware of all that but, as I've already pointed out, I specified "far west" in my original post, as in the Pacific Coast states and perhaps Nevada...at least, western Nevada. True

Tim Gilbert wrote: UTLX was owned by the Standard Oil Trust and I gather was still largely owned by the Rockefeller estate after the breakup. As such, it supplied almost all of the tank cars for the

And then there's what used to be called Case Western Reserve . . . .in Cleveland OH! SGL

Brian J Carlson wrote: (Subject: KCS 15500 to 15599 rebuilt boxcar) I'm working on this car from the Cocoa Beach clinic and I want to graft the correct ends on the car. The drawing shows IDE 3/4 with

Richard, even Mr. Brock knows :-) that Sinclair had a very large refinery west of Laramie in the eponymous Sinclair WY*. They had stations in Utah, Idaho, Montana... that's pretty durn fur west IMO. A

Folks, Can anyone tell me when were the GSC commonwealth bulkhead flats built? I want to know if they will fit my 1955-60 layout? Also anybody have a listing of what railroads owned them? Thanks for

Prior message: = = = And before someone jumps on Tony as an author/publisher criticizing another, let me, as another author/publisher, that it ain't just competitive juices flowing. In fact, many of

Richard Hendrickson wrote in response to Jim Hayes' inquiry about retail oil dealers in the Northwest in the late 1950's: Richard, Thank you for providing some link between owners and lessees in the

Jim Hayes asks about tank cars in the "far west": But where do I look for the era and location And Richard Hendrikson replies: The book Southern Pacific in Color by Sweetland shows on pg 91 two

Frederick Freitas wrote: Fred, Peter & Larry, What effect did this swapping have on tank cars? Of the tank cars delivered to oil dealers in Minburn and Dallas Center Iowa in 1949 which Doug Harding