<The good news is that both the Canton Tank Car Co. and Globe Oil cars <are based on prototype photos. The bad news is that both companies <were absorbed by others well before 1953 so the prototypes were no <longer around by that date. <Richard Hendrickson
IM lists an 8K tank car stencilled for Canton Tank Car Co and another for Globe Oil. Are there prototypes for these models and while I gather Globe Oil was an oil producer or distributor, what did Canton do? If correct are these cars appropriate for 1953?
The good news is that both the Canton Tank Car Co. and Globe Oil cars are based on prototype photos. The bad news is that both companies were absorbed by others well before 1953 so the prototypes were no longer around by that date.
IM lists an 8K tank car stencilled for Canton Tank Car Co and another for Globe Oil. Are there prototypes for these models and while I gather Globe Oil was an oil producer or distributor, what did Canton do? If correct are these cars appropriate for 1953? Thanks in advance cheers Dave North
