I also added correct 1953 California commercial truck license
plates. I discussed how to do this in one of my blog posts; a
link is given in the Bibliography, under “Plates.” The completed
truck is shown in (33).
Tank Cars
The tank cars which would serve this facility are not really
part of this column on building the industry, but for clarifica-
tion I show an example of what I need. This also illustrates the
opportunity to strengthen the regional layout image with an
oil company like this one.
34: An Associated tank car, photographed at Tacoma,
Washington on February 19, 1955. The car is a Type
11 design from American Car & Foundry, and it was
last reweighed in April 1921, nearly 34 years earlier!
Unlike other freight cars, tank cars did not need to
be reweighed regularly, as their cargoes were billed
by gallonage, not weight, thus the light weight of the
car was not important. – Chet McCoid photo, Bob’s
Photo collection.
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