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| Author: | John T [ Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | tank car gas station |
Back in 1969 while driving Highway 1 north of Richmond, VA I saw a gas station that incorporated a tank car into the building. There seem to have been a couple of chains that did this. Are there any of these stations left? |
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| Author: | Bobharbison [ Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tank car gas station |
Not sure if there are any left, but here's a good discussion on them. One brand was TANKAR http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topi ... C_ID=47233 https://kip49x.smugmug.com/History/Gas- ... chmond-VA/ I was always curious as to what the inside was like. Did they cut into the tank car? Sure looks like they would have had to, or the ceiling would be really low. Guessing the car was only for decoration. Obviously it didn't go anywhere, but the lack of any warning signs on the tank would seem to indicate it wasn't used for storage either. |
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| Author: | CCDW [ Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tank car gas station |
This is really cool! Is this pretty much an east coast and mid west thing? I don't remember seeing anything like this on the west coast. |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tank car gas station |
There was a "prototype you can model" article on this Va. tank car gas station long ago in Model Railroader (I'm thinking the 1970s, but I'm getting nowhere locating it in online indices. |
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| Author: | Frisco1522 [ Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tank car gas station |
There was one on Big Bend Rd in Maplewood, MO back in the 40s-50s. |
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| Author: | Walter [ Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tank car gas station |
Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote: There was a "prototype you can model" article on this Va. tank car gas station long ago in Model Railroader (I'm thinking the 1970s, but I'm getting nowhere locating it in online indices. Try March 1978, according to one of the posts in the Railroad-Line thread. I may be able to find that issue with minimal fuss. Will try this afternoon. |
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| Author: | Walter [ Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tank car gas station |
Walter wrote: Try March 1978, according to one of the posts in the Railroad-Line thread. I may be able to find that issue with minimal fuss. Will try this afternoon. Update: I found some late '78 issues, but not the early ones. yet. will keep trying. |
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