Photo: PTLX Tank Car 5070 (1942)

Photo from the Facebook NOLA Rails group, courtesy of Daniel C Carroll Jr.

Caption:

“SP freight train climbs summit of Huey P. Long Bridge at Avondale, Louisiana, 1942.”

PTLX reporting mark assigned to The National Refining Company, formerly Peerless Transit Line, 7/1935-1/1945.

Bob Chaparro

Hemet, CA

Another variation on the pre-1917 German/General American tank car: no center yoke around the dome, and cast truck sideframes (instead of archbars) with the poling pockets.

David Thompson

Also, double riveted tank heads with single-riveted courses.

David Thompson