I have a modeling project in mind, and need some good picture references.I'd like to find a web site, that might have a few photos depicting a very small town style bulk oil dealer. Specifically as would have been seen during the 1950's. Does anyone know of such a place? Small town America type. That would have owned one or two small trucks to distribute gas and heating oil....? Boxcab E50
I'm not sure in there are any examples within my website or not that contain what you are looking for. Take a look in there two sections: 1) http://www.trainweb.org/dhvm/memorabilia_postcards.htm 2) http://www.trainweb.org/dhvm/structures.htm
Two sets are out there. The Concor Cambria City sets and the Walthers Cornerstone Interstate Feul and Oil. You have to get about three different Cambria sets to get a complex and that runs about $36-$40. May find them on sale cheaper. The Walthers kit is complete fits in a 1930s era to today and to me a better buy at $25. Again could be had cheaper. Want to scratch your own here is what I did. http://www.railimages.com/gallery/N-Scale-Structures-and-Vehicles/aaz
Except for doors, windows, and a few parts all is scratch built including the tanks. The little fleet of tankers featured in the same album are part of that small complex and are also mostly scratched except for wheels and a couple of cabs on one or two. This is a link to the Walthers Kit I was referring too. http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3200 This is a link to a picture of my small tanker fleet. http://www.railimages.com/gallery/N-Scale-Structures-and-Vehicles/aae Actually built the tankers long before I built the small coal and oil supply business. The wheels came from some 24 foot trailers that I converted to single axle, and some old junked Bmann vehicles. Cabs and frames were strip styrene shapes and square tube that I glued up in a truck cab shape and worked down with knife and files. Tanks are from styrene tubes, cut to length styrene ends glued on and trimmed and sanded to contor. Made the bulk oil tanks in the complex the same way. My plans are to add a couple of larger tanks to this once it is in place somewhere on the new layout but in thier own small diked and fenced area probably on the other side of the spur track.
I keep looking at the picture of your bulk plant. It's so much nicer than the kit that was noted. The commercial truck is the one at right? CMW? What others do you have showing, that would correctly date for my plans of 1950's, 1960's? Boxcab E50
I just found this one. It has EVERYTHING. It's not that easy to search through but worth every minute. American Memory at the Library of Congress
