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Excellent job, especially on the last one. And we can use all of these that we can get. Keep them coming, and again, very nice work.TimWestern Maryland "Gone but never forgotten"
Husky – a great western American and Canadian brand. Husky was founded in 1938 in Cody Wyoming. The company expanded into Canada in 1947. In 1984, Marathon Oil Company purchased Husky Oil Company, and the Husky story in America came to an end but the Husky brand lives on in Canada. This car dates to around 1950. How is this?
Here are three more... KoolMotor (Cities Service); CITGO successor to Cities Service and National Refining White Rose (White Rose in the US - Cleveland OH) These should apear soon on train sim. Enjoy.
Great looking tank cars! I am guessing these are prototypical? Admittedly I have not paid much attention to tank cars, so I am not very familiar with them. What time era would you find these cars in? Were they regional cars or would they have been seen just about any where? Thanks for any information and for these nice additions! Keep up the good work and enjoy the day!Mykel
Myke,I have been waiting for this question for some time. Thanks for asking. In a word these cars are "faction" that is to say they are a mixture of fact and fiction. Factually, oil companies had their own tank cars painted with logos and sometimes in various colors other than black. The logos and names used are also fact. The companies really existed and/or still do exist. The slogans used on the cars are also real and were actually used by the oil company modeled. I attempted to match the slogan date and the logo date whenever I could. The graphics of oil company logos are mostly from old advertising copy or signs and some from memory. Reporting marks are correct for the company but the number is fictional (unless it matches by serendipity). The tank car it's self is a re-skin of model by Chris Bonelli (credit to Chris is always given in my readmes). I am not a rivet counter so you will have to ask Chris how accurate his model is It certainly is right for the time modeled 30's, 40's and 50's primarily. I know that this will disappoint some who thought these cars were copied from 8 x 10 color glossy photos of the real things but in truth, no matter how hard I looked, I could not find real pictures to go by. I had to go from memory and in some cases I was able to use a HO or N scale model as a guide but then I don't know if they are historically accurate either (especially my memory ). I would hope that you all will take and use these cars in the spirit in which they were created, that is to remember some great fallen flag oil companies with their colorful logo’s and slogans. They were fun to create but also a bit painful at times because of the fact most of these companies, along with their logos and slogans, are gone and are likely not coming back. I guess the bottom line is that if you like the cars run them in good health and if you don't just hit the delete key. No hard feelings.I hope this helps,
Thanks for the reply and information Dave! The cars look great and will fit in nicely behind some of the good F-Units and steam engines out today. I guess it is off to the download center soon. Have a good day and look forward to future releases!Mykel
