Re: (erielack) gasoline and distribution

["Bill Weibel" <weib3_@_centurytel.net>]

My Dad worked for just a bulk gas/oil distributing point on Monsey Ave. in 
Scranton. Alas in mid fifties Gulf oild pulled out of Eastern PA.  But It 
was located adjacent to the D&H main, and had a siding although in the 
fifties I don't think much came in by rail.

Bill
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
To: "'Joshua'" <mail_@_joshuakblay.com>; "'Edward Mines'" 
<ed_mines_@_yahoo.com>; <erielack@Lists.Railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:03 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) gasoline and distribution


>> How about fuel dealers in individual towns?  I think of at
>> least 2 or 3
>> in Cortland, NY during the DL&W era.
>
> Thanks to Ed Mines for bringing up this interesting topic. I guess my 
> mindset is in "today" terms, where when you have a product, you ship it to 
> a large regional distribution center and then truck it out to local 
> dealers. It works for gas this way, as well as a host of other things, 
> from appliances to clothes. Everything seems to work on a 
> macrodistribution level.
>
> In the steam era, I would assume that things worked more on a 
> microdistribution level, where instead of consolidating product in one 
> spot and then shipping from that point, it would appear that the 
> manufacturer (or refinery, in this case) would ship product out in tank 
> cars destined for individual customers. Am I making a correct assumption?
>
> If that's the case, then in Joshua's scenario above, the fuel dealers 
> would be the ones getting the tank cars?
>
> - Paul
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