Paul:
Here's the best view I have of one of the white-banded tank cars, and the lettering on it pretty well refutes what I said earlier about their being used for gasoline -- though that's still what I was told by someone who should have known. The visible part of the lettering reads:
FOR CB&Q OIL
EXCLUSIVELY
AND MUST BE
USED ONLY FOR
and unfortunately the remainder of the stenciling is either illegible or not visible.
The wreck in the photo was a head-on collision on the Alliance Division in the late 1930s or early 1940s, I believe on the North Platte Valley line between Northport, Neb., and Guernsey, Wyo.
It's possible there were red-banded tanks for gasoline, as the gasoline tanks on passemger motor cars were always painted red. But this is nothing but my speculation.
Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: kozys@comcast.net
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:15:14 -0500
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Banded tank car
At 12:43 PM 4/15/2013, you wrote:
>Steve et al...I well remember that kind of barrels...They were pretty common..."Back in the day"
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Any photos of these AND/OR the banded tank cars?
Thank you.
=|===|= "Paul (Kossart) - The CB&Q Guy"
=|===|= North Central IL, *USA*
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