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New type of boxcar petroleum carrier which the Office of Defense Transportation hopes may soon be helping to solve the oil shortage in the East. The car is a standard automobile-type steel box car fitted with four steel tanks enclosed in wooden boxes. It has a capacity of 12,200 gallons--considerably more than the average tank car serving the East

New type of boxcar petroleum carrier which the Office of Defense Trans...

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Government and railroad officials inspect the new model boxcar petroleum carrier designed to help the oil shortage in the East. It is estimated by officials of the Office of Defense Transportation that one thousand such cars could add more than 15,000 barrels to the daily receipts of petroleum by rail in the East

Government and railroad officials inspect the new model boxcar petrole...

Government and railroad officials inspect the new model boxcar petroleum carrier designed to help the oil shortage in the East. It is estimated by officials of the Office of Defense Transportation that one thousand such cars could add more than 15,000 barrels to the daily receipts of petroleum by rail in the East

Government and railroad officials inspect the new model boxcar petrole...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More