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Attached is a photo of the tank in Whitehorse, which had been on NCNG Flatcar #183. Not real sure that the tank is ex-Pacific Coast Ry. It is 6500 gallons. Embossed on the dome is "WM GRAVER TANK WORKS CHICAGO." The dome has been cut down at some time; there is a weld line where the cut had been made. I think that this tank was probably originally a so-called "Pease" tank that had run on the Southern Pacific. The Southern Pacific was getting rid of a lot of the old 6500 gallon tanks in the early 1930's, about the time that this tank showed up on the NCNG.
Robert
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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