(erielack) Suburban Propane/Richfield Springs

["toddsyr" <toddsyr_@_twcny.rr.com>]

I just finished reading "Railroad Days" written by Louis C. Langone. It has many old accounts of life and happenings on the DLW/EL Utica Branch. One of the many interesting things mentioned in the book is a Suburban Gas ( Suburban Propane precursor? ) facility located in Richfield Springs, NY. The author mentions cars of propane being spotted there. I'm wondering if anyone could identify the type and size of the tank cars spotted there. A link to a photo would be an incredible bonus, even if not an actual Suburban car. It would still give me the proper impression of the size and type of car spotted there. I do have a couple of N scale 33,000 gallon propane cars, but wonder if these are much larger than the cars that would have been spotted at the location in question. Lighter rail on the branch, tighter curves, etc. all may come into play. Thanks for any help in this matter. I enjoyed the book immensely!

Todd K. Stearns

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