(erielack) question for Schuyler Larrabee

[Edward Mines <ed_mines_@_yahoo.com>]

Do you know who your family business bought gasoline from? Was delivery by rail only? Did they sell anything else?
   
  I found 2 refiners near Bradford, PA with their own tank cars in the '43 equipment register. Bradford is pretty close to Binghamton as was the Sinclair refinery in Wellsville. 
   
  There are always a couple of plain tank cars in Bob Collins action photos of Erie 2-8-4s. I wonder if these contained gasoline or kerosene for customers distant from oil terminals located on water. Until I found out about the Sinclair refinery I thought Binghamton would be a good destination for these cars.
   
  They may also have contained some specialty products like aviation gasoline would could have gone to Stewart field.
   
  I wonder though if Erie would break down a fast freight train for a hundred mile trip.
   
  Any ideas?
   
  Ed


Edward B. Mines
238 Willard Dr.
Hewlett, NY  11557
516 205-6523
		
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