Thank you, Leo and Bill,
after not finding info on the tanks at the historical society museum
collection, I was thinking maybe CB&Q related and possibly a spot for me to use
my railroad owned tank cars on the layout that I am planning out. The Great
Northern had a small tank farm not far from where I live over in Everett (WA)
in which I have seen photos of with GN tank cars sitting alongside. It is still
an interesting possible lineside customer for me to spot cars at.
Question for Leo, since I know you are very knowledgeable of this area. Would
say this industry along with the Hines Lumber yard just to the west, have been
worked by the East End way freight?
Doug Ramsay
> On 10/09/2022 9:00 AM William Barber <clipperw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Doug,
>
> I grew about two blocks from those oil tanks on Seeley Ave. having moved
> there with my parents in 1946 and lived there until 1966 when I graduated
> from college. I often walked the rail yard and right of way to town. There
> were actually two oil distributors adjacent to each other at that location.
> One had their storage tanks mounted horizontally (see the photo of 2844 in
> the Flickr collection) and the other vertically (see the photo of 2858 in
> Flickr). My recollection is that the west set of tanks belonged to Cities
> Service (much later Citgo) while the east tanks were Standard Oil. The stub
> track, adjacent to the tanks on the south side, as Leo stated, was for tank
> car supply to both distributors. However, I don’t ever recall seeing a tank
> car on that track. By the 1950s and ‘60s, the supply of oil was being
> provided by highway trucks. Smaller single frame trucks were used to
> distribute the oil locally. Each set of tanks had a pump house and a small
> office area. The track, tanks and yard were elevated in that area above
> street level. On the north side of the tanks, the distribution area was lower
> at street level along Warren Ave. The railroad had a lower yard in that area
> that included a couple of tracks. Going west from the lower yard was another
> track that went into Hines Lumber Co. As I recall, that track continued
> through Hines and rejoined the upper yard lead somewhat west of Hines. Just
> east of the oil distribution facilities was an older two story house adjacent
> to the street. I was told that at one time, it was the home of the roundhouse
> foreman when there was a roundhouse immediately south of the home. The
> roundhouse was torn down in the 1930s and the last of three DG turntables was
> removed in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
>
> My good friend, Bob Campbell may be able to add more details or corrections
> to my recollections of the area. He lived with his parents on Warren Ave.
> between Montgomery Avenue and Seeley Avenue from 1946 to about 1963. He is
> also among the last people to hire onto the Q as a fireman in 1969.
>
> Bill Barber
> Gravois Mills, MO
>
>
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