Yes the east end w/f would work these but also in a pinch if the Congress park
was in Downers with a cut of cars it could be told to do the work. Same with
Pepperridge farm
Leo
> On Oct 9, 2022, at 2:22 PM, Doug Ramsay <drramsay@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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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