Can anyone tell me the line of products Wolf's Head Oil sold? Was it just home heating oil or was it a full range of petroleum products that could have been...
Hello Andy, That is precisely the article that generated my question here. I have the magazine you discussed in your post. I see that this industry Associated...
How about boxcars of Kellogg's breakfast cereals arriving from Battle Creek in GTW cars. That used to be big business. Even now they still ship some by rail,...
... I don't know anything about the facilities in Oil City, but I do remember that Wolf's Head was a brand of motor oil in the sixties and seventies, maybe...
Wolf's Head sold gasolline through its own stations -- primarily in Pennsylvania and region. They were better known for their motor oil, as Dennis pointed ...
... Google is your friend: http://www.wolfshead.com for starters Apparently the company was "Wolverine Lubricants Co., Inc." according to this 1928 ad: ...
Hi Lee, Išll forward your message to Chuck Hitchcock, the author of that article. He may be able to help. Andy ANDY SPERANDEO Executive Editor Model...
One of the first automobiles I purchased had a Wolf's Head oil contract connected to it. Any engine failures before 50,000 miles (cars weren't so reliable...
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Dieter Zakas
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May 1, 2007 4:13 pm
While I cannot comment specifically on your period, a plausible situation would be for a plant to receive bulk oil products by rail to repackage them for...
Hi Andy and Gregory, Thank you for your kind assistance. Regarding the Cereals were there a difference between major Brands like Kellogg, Post and others? Or...
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Charlie Comstock
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May 1, 2007 4:36 pm
I have a few crew spots available for this Saturday's op session on the Bear Creek and South Jackson Railway Co. This session will use track warrants with a DS...
Hello Lee, I know that Kellogg and Post both had plants in Battle Creek, Mich., served by the Grand Trunk Western, but I donšt know what kind of food-service ...
... 50's. ... dry ... stores by ... I was employed by a Midwestern wholesale grocer from 1968 until 1997. At the time I started, all of our warehouses had...
In the 50's I worked at the VA Distribution Center in Maywood IL Every thing came in in box cars. We received can goods, flower in 100lb sacks, sugar in...
Here is a email that I was given permission by the author who wished to remain in the background to share with others in this topic. I edited what I needed to...
Hi Roy, Hal and Andy Thank you each for your replies, they were informative and helpful. Seems to me the predominant traffic is from West to East in food ...
Ken, I just happen to model Oil City PA. The Wolfs Head product line was mostly lubricants. The Wolfs Head plant was located south of Oil City on the ERIE RR...
... How was the inbound raw material delivered? Rail? Truck from local wells? Pipeline? Was there anything intrinsically better about Pennsylvania oils that...
I was told, back when I was racing cars, that Penns Oils (like Penzoil) were low ash. JonC.........SP Inyo Subdivision superintendent. Serving eastern ...
... I think you are mixing too many businesses. No milk by rail. Milk is too perishable to ship finished milk products by rail. Indeed, very little milk was...
Dennis Storzek wrote: How was the inbound raw material delivered? Rail? Truck from local wells?Pipeline? Yes to all the above. ... Was there anything...
Hi Dennis, Thank you for taking the time to post. You reminded me about the milk business. I already have a Walthers Sterling Dairy that will take care of the...
Ken, If the South Buffalo served the Lackawanna plant, most of their coal came up the PRR Chautauqua Branch. Here's an idea we can ship the coal to Buffalo on...
Brad: Pennsylvania crude oil is generally more paraffinic than that from other regions. For lubricants, this gives an oil that thins less with temperature...
My professor at Indiana Technical Collage (now IIT) stated that Penn crude was different structure than Texas crude. One was ring the other was string. Same...
Actually a great deal of grocery and produce move by rail but only in containers or trailers. There is still a lot of movement of frozen vegetables but these...
I actually grew up in an orange grove in Florida in the 60s. (Yes, in a house.) We had crops in November and February depending on variety. There is a matrix...
And then there's the Florida orange juice that comes to California in tank cars (G) JonC.........SP Inyo Subdivision superintendent. Serving eastern California...
... At this point I need to defer to someone who was in the business during the period in question (I was born in '52). Generalizations are useful when ...
