RE: (erielack) Suburban Propane/Richfield Springs

["Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.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!


Oddly enough, there's a photo in Larry De Young's "EL In Color Vol. 2 -
New York State" of a Suburban Propane car in East Binghamton yard -
perhaps going to Richfield Springs?

It's basically the big "whale" 33,000 gallon car that Atlas released in
HO and N scales...

	- Paul

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