36: A view from the northeast of the Associated bulk
oil dealer, in place in my layout town of Shumala. At
far left can be seen the platform for unloading propane
tanks, and at far right is the truck loading platform.
That’s the Shumala yard office in the foreground.
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Other Bulk Oil Dealer Models
One other model I have built is the old Chooch kit, no. 9015,
now out of production, which I put together as a Union Oil
Company dealer. It is shown as (38). The tanks are somewhat
smaller than the Walthers tanks and are arranged differently.
I have included some barrels painted in Union’s blue and
orange colors.
Jared Harper is modeling Santa Fe’s Alma branch in Kansas,
and has put together two bulk oil dealerships based on proto-
type photographs. These form an interesting contrast to the
kind of arrangement I have modeled, and with Jared’s permis-
sion, I show two of his models here, (39 and 40). The models
rest on a plain styrene base, but the structures themselves are
