Guys,

We're having a discussion over on the baby boomer list about
Wanda Petroleum (Houston, Texas) and its fleet of tank cars.
I've been on the net this morning looking for references to
Wanda Petroleum and have found very little.

Could one of you people with access to a Moody's Industrial
please look up this company? I'd like to pin down when Wanda
actually came into existence - during or after the steam era?

Thanks,

Shawn Beckert

From Shawn Beckert:

We're having a discussion over on the baby boomer list about
Wanda Petroleum (Houston, Texas) and its fleet of tank cars.
I've been on the net this morning looking for references to
Wanda Petroleum and have found very little.

Could one of you people with access to a Moody's Industrial
please look up this company? I'd like to pin down when Wanda
actually came into existence - during or after the steam era?

I can't help much, Shawn, but I do have one photo of a GATX car lettered
for Wanda petroleum. However, it was a 75' frameless whalebelly welded
propane car that was brand new in 1963, so definitely not steam era.

Richard H. Hendrickson
Ashland, Oregon 97520

5210 unread STMFC messages and I have to pick one that causes me to crawl
under tables to reach two 10 pound books... And the answer is: "Nothing".
Wanda had not issued any debt that was held by the public in either 1947 or
1954, which covers my two copies of Moody's Industrials.

Dave Nelson

adding my 2cents.my 1952 MOODYS doesnt list a Wanda Oil Co
Joel Norman
Eastern Maine Rly--ALO Div

Dave Nelson wrote:

5210 unread STMFC messages and I have to pick one that causes me to crawl
under tables to reach two 10 pound books... And the answer is: "Nothing".
Wanda had not issued any debt that was held by the public in either 1947 or
1954, which covers my two copies of Moody's Industrials.

Dave Nelson

Wanda Petroleum was not listed in the 1958 Industrial Manual either.

Tim Gilbert

-----Original Message-----
From: Beckert, Shawn [mailto:shawn.beckert@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:12 AM
To: STMFC@...
Subject: [STMFC] Wanda Petroleum

Guys,

We're having a discussion over on the baby boomer list about Wanda Petroleum
(Houston, Texas) and its fleet of tank cars.
I've been on the net this morning looking for references to Wanda Petroleum
and have found very little.

Could one of you people with access to a Moody's Industrial please look up
this company? I'd like to pin down when Wanda actually came into existence -
during or after the steam era?

Thanks,

Shawn Beckert

A Google search comes up with reporting marks dating back to 1971. One
details the changes in LEYX from year to year as the company was bought and
sold from Dow to Ashland, etc.

Certainly NOT steam era; firmly planted in the bbfcl list (that¹s
baby-boomerfreight car list).
--
Brian Ehni



From: Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...>
Reply-To: <STMFC@...>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:11:54 -0400
To: <STMFC@...>
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Wanda Petroleum

Dave Nelson wrote:

5210 unread STMFC messages and I have to pick one that causes me to crawl
under tables to reach two 10 pound books... And the answer is: "Nothing".
Wanda had not issued any debt that was held by the public in either
1947 or
1954, which covers my two copies of Moody's Industrials.

Dave Nelson

Wanda Petroleum was not listed in the 1958 Industrial Manual either.

Tim Gilbert



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On 20-Jul-04, at 1:11 PM, Beckert, Shawn wrote:

We're having a discussion over on the baby boomer list about
Wanda Petroleum (Houston, Texas) and its fleet of tank cars.
I've been on the net this morning looking for references to
Wanda Petroleum and have found very little.

Could one of you people with access to a Moody's Industrial
please look up this company? I'd like to pin down when Wanda
actually came into existence - during or after the steam era?

I had a quick look through my listing of reporting marks, and the first reference to Wanda Petroleum doesn't occur until the January 1969 issue when they listed VPCX reporting marks (these had belonged to the Virginia Petroleum Corp.). These reporting marks were eliminated in the October 1970 issue.

The second reference occurs in the October 1971 issuer, when they added LEYX reporting marks, again under the Wanda Petroleum Co. (these had belonged to the Falley Petroleum Co.). LEYX reporting marks were eliminated with the July 1990 issue.

Ian Cranstone
Osgoode, Ontario, Canada
lamontc@...

List,

Thanks for the help with researching this company (sorry
about your knees, Dave). Well, since Richard has a photo
of a Wanda Petroleum car with GATX reporting marks dating
from 1963, we know that the company was in existence at
least that far back. It's looking more and more like a
post-steam era outfit, though. Odd that it seems to pop
in and out of view during various years.

Shawn Beckert

At the risk of incurring wrath for non-steam era content, the popping in and
out was due to reporting marks being added and eliminated due to changes in
corporate ownership of Wanda, i.e., from a private company to a subsidiary
of Ashland, to a division of Ashland, to a division of Dow, to a subsidiary
of Dow, etc., etc. See: <http://www.nakina.net/reportl.html> for specific on
the LEYX marks.

Research on steam era marks may reveal the same pattern on other marks.
{Mandatory steam era content 8^)}
--
Brian Ehni



From: "Beckert, Shawn" <shawn.beckert@...>
Reply-To: <STMFC@...>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:19:01 -0700
To: <STMFC@...>
Subject: [STMFC] Re: Wanda Petroleum

List,

Thanks for the help with researching this company (sorry
about your knees, Dave). Well, since Richard has a photo
of a Wanda Petroleum car with GATX reporting marks dating
from 1963, we know that the company was in existence at
least that far back. It's looking more and more like a
post-steam era outfit, though. Odd that it seems to pop
in and out of view during various years.

Shawn Beckert