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Jack Delano Photo - Proviso Yard 12-42 WEOX-264 (WLOX?)
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Thomas M. Olsen <tmolsen@...>
Good Morning Richard and Tony,
On December 17, 2004, Bruce Smith posted on the STMFC email list a number of links to a number of photographs in the Jack Delano FSAC collection that were taken in the Chicago area. One of the photos was a shot taken at Proviso of a two compartment tank car that is part of a train that is being made up. Richard, in response to Bruce's posting, you identified the tank car as a two compartment, 6K GATC car numbered WEOX #264. The link for this photo in the FSAC files is: http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsac/1a34000/1a34600/1a34632v.jpg When printing the emails and photos to be added to the my freight car files, I found that I could not identify the company whose reporting marks matched this car. The earliest ORER I have is January 1950 (eff. Oct. '49). As the photo was quite dark, I put it through Photoshop to lighten it slightly. In the lightened photo, the car initials appear to be "WLOX" rather than "WEOX." I have attached the lightened photo for comparison. This may just be an illusion, and if it is, then the original ID was correct. Either way, to whom would either of these two reporting marks be assigned to in 1942? Can we trace this car into 1953 knowing that tank car owners and/or lessors changed many times over the years. Any information would be of great help. Thank you! Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road, West Branch Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302) 738-4292 tmolsen@... |
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Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...>
Thomas M. Olsen wrote:
Good Morning Richard and Tony,Tom, WEOX was the reporting mark for Socony's White Eagle Division headquartered in Kansas City. In the 1/43 ORER, WEOX were listed. all cars within the #200-304 series were two compartments. By the time of the 4/49 ORER, the surviving cars had been absorbed into Socony's Central Division and marked "SVX." The White Eagle Oil & Refining Company had been acquired by Socony Vacuum in January 1930. In the 8/31 ORER, WEOX was to become the successor reporting mark instead of WEPX. The WEOX #250-289 series were the only marked WEOX series of the 801 cars listed by the White Eagle operation. That series was also the only two compartment cars of the 801 cars listed. There were 636 cars listed by WEPX in the 11/25 ORER; the #250-289 series was not used. Hope this helps, Tim Gilbert |
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Ted Culotta <tculotta@...>
On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:35 PM, Thomas M. Olsen wrote:
Richard, in response to Bruce's posting, you identified the tank car asTom: WEOX was White Eagle Oil. These reporting marks would have disappeared as the whole Socony Vacuum fleet was consolidated from the various subsidiaries, such as WEOX, into SVX. Speedwitch Media 100 14th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650) 787-1912 |
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Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...>
Ted Culotta wrote:
WEOX was White Eagle Oil. These reporting marks would have disappearedTed, Your use of the adjective "whole" may be misleading in this case. The April 1949 ORER stated the "SVX" reporting marks were for the Central Division only which, I assume, meant that Socony's other American divisions leased tank cars from UTLX. Tim Gilbert |
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Ian Cranstone
On 6-Apr-05, at 2:35 AM, Thomas M. Olsen wrote:
When printing the emails and photos to be added to the my freight carI had a quick look at my list of reporting marks, and can only find the WEOX ones listed. As far as I can tell, WLOX has never been used. Since I have referenced issues from 1941 and 1943 in the preparation of this list, it would seem unlikely that WLOX marks existed in 1942. For more, see: http://freightcars.nakina.net/reportw.html Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net |
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