Re: [CBQ] New Rapido UTLX 10,000 Gallon X-3 Insulated Tank Cars

["William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>]

Tom,

I just dragged out my GM&O Industrial Guide from 1954. I also have a 1963 NYC Industrial Guide. The guides shows the following refineries on the Illinois side:

    Wood River, IL

- Ohio Oil Company (name charged to Marathon Oil Company 1962). Served by NYC (Big 4), GM&O, IT.

- Shell Oil Company (Roxanna, IL as was called by GM&O). Served by NYC (Big 4), GM&O, IT.

- Standard Oil of Indiana. Served by NYC (Big 4), GM&O, IT.

The NYC Guide also shows that UTLX had a Tank Car repair/cleaning facility at Wood River. Served by NYC (Big 4), GM&O, and IT.

South Wood River, IL (Hartford, IL as was called by NYC).

- Sinclair Refining Company. Served by NYC (Big 4), GM&O, IT.

The NYC Guide shows a separate breakout for the Sinclair Asphalt Plant. It was served only by NYC (Big 4) and GM&O.

The Sinclair Tank Car fleet (SDRX) was absorbed by UTLX starting October 1957 Railway Equipment Register. By January 1966, only one car (SDRX 14861) was listed and it was a 8,000 Gallon car. So the cars listed in 97's consist could be from this asphalt plant as UTLX cars.

These were all on the joint GM&O-NYC track the Q used out of East St. Louis via trackage rights to Galesburg on the Illinois side.

Bill Hirt

On 6/16/2024 3:09 PM, Tom Mack via groups.io wrote:

>       
>       On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 03:46 PM, Leo Phillipp wrote:
> > there were two #97s one from Galesburg and one from
> >         Cicero... I suspect these loads generated west or south of
> >         Galesburg.
>       The wheel reports I have are for 97 from Galesburg to Savanna. So
>       as Leo said, these loads would have originated from west or south
>       of Galesburg. So perhaps the Roxanna, IL refinery that Bill Hirt mentioned. Or???
>        
>       -- 
>       Tom Mack
>       Cincinnati, OH
>       Modeling Chicago-Mpls/StP 1965-merger
>       
>

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