John,
I recalling seeing a photo in a very old "Trains Magazine" of a solid tank car train on the Q. As I remember, it was pulled by FTs and the photo was taken somewhere on the Wind River line. As far as tank car ownership, back in WWII as it is now, most of the tank cars were private owner, primarily GATX and UTLX. I don't know how the WPB restrictions applied to them, but I assume that every available tank car was pressed into shipment of oil and oil products for the war effort.
Bill Barber Gravois Mills, MO Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:21 pm (PDT) . Posted by:All-
Another NPR report today on oil companies moving oil by rail as they can't get the Keystone XL pipe line built had me thinking about the NP's dedicated oil trains to support the war in the Pacific during WWII. Does anyone know the details (or has an article been written) on dedicated oil trains on the Q during WWII? Presume FWD-KC-Laurel, but anything is possible.
As an addendum to the above, the NP's tank car fleet was just about nil in 1940 (just a handful for company service). Does anyone know how many tank cars the Q rostered in 1940 and then in 1945? With the War Production Board clamping down on who got what for the duration, I would like to know if they allocated any materials for tank car construction (as tankers were quickly taken up in war service and withdrawn from coastal/Gulf public trade).
RSVP
John Phillips
Seattle
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