Signature Press offers a comprehensive volume of tank cars built by American Car & Foundry. It is a single subject book, so includes no petroleum industry information, but is very thorough in it's coverage of AC&F produced tank cars.
http://www.signaturepress.com/kaminski/tank.html
The oil industry is a huge subject. There's a useful page at http://lariverrailroads.com/oil_industry.html with links and a book recommendation. One issue is whether you're hauling bulk crude or refined products for retail distribution. Many model tank cars from the transition era are lettered for the retail end. By the transition era, pipelines had taken over some of the bulk crude shipment, but not all of it, and so far, I've found this has been the toughest to research.
Here's a small selection of builder's photos from ACF and the Barriger photo collection:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/72157649155982802
There's a few neat looking cars there I'd like to have models of, Ed
The Morning Sun book on tank cars with center sills (Volume 1) has a great deal of useful information in the photo captions although it is not about the petroleum industry per se. The Jeff Wilson book on freight cars also has a chapter on tank cars. Also check out the first of the Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the Tracks series of books from Kalmbach, also by Jeff Wilson. It has a good chapter on petroleum with some great old photos.
Dave Nelson
matthew redden Which manufacturerer has a good range of ho tank cars. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Which manufacturerer has a good range of ho tank cars. Thanks in advance for any advice.
I don't see why you would want to stick to just one manufacturer.
For transition era, check out Intermountain/Red Caboose, Walthers, and Tangent. Tichy also makes one.
Between all those, you can get together a very nice string of cars.
Yer welcome.
Ed
Hello,
which is the best book on tank cars and the petroleum industry during the transition period. Which manufacturerer has a good range of ho tank cars. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Regards Matthew Redden