Photo similarities

[brathke at juno.com]

The outside of the Cities Service locomotive portfolios simply says, "A
gift from you neighborly Cities Service Dealer."
The 8X10" full color prints are quite detailed, and there's brief text
inside that describes the locomotives' histories. 
There's a tag line on the inside pocket that states, "We hope you enjoy
these fine prints and that they serve to remind you of Cities Service."

I have a similar portfolio that I got in 1950 from Lionel to celebrate
their 50th anniversary.  It contains two-color (kind of blue and brown)
art prints, and brief summaries of the locomotives inside the portfolio. 


Curiously, none of the locomotives are duplicated between the Cities
Service and Lionel sets.

Bob 8/8

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On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 22:57:15 -0400 "Fred W. Schneider III"
<fschnei at supernet.com> writes:
> I'm curious Bob.  That's the nature of the beast.  By the way, the 
> 1924
> McGraw Directory (page 223) two columns of subsidiary companies, 
> mostly all
> petroleum organizations.  But a few transit properties pop out 
> without any
> further checking:  Adrian St. Ry., Athens Railway and Electric Co., 
> City
> Light and Traction Co., Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway 
> Co.,
> Durham Public Service Co., Meridian Light and Railway Co. (including
> Harttiesburg Traction Co.), The Ohio Public Service Co. (with 
> apologies to
> EHL), St. Joseph Ry. Lt. Heat & Pwr. Co., Toledo, Ottawa Beach & 
> NOrthern
> Ry., Toledo Traction Light and Power Co., and a number of other 
> properties
> with suspicious names that cause me to suspect linkages to railways.
> 
> brathke at juno.com wrote:
> 
> > I have no information on Cities Service transit properties, but in 
> 1958,
> > their gasolene stations were giving away portfolios of paintings 
> of
> > historic railroad locomotives.  And in August, 1958, Cities 
> Service had a
> > booth in the exhibit room at the NMRA Convention at the William 
> Penn
> > Hotel (now the Westin) in Pittsburgh; the booth displayed the 
> railroad
> > photos that were being given away.  The other exhibitors were 
> model
> > manufacturers (kits, paint, etc.) - why would a gasolene company 
> have an
> > exhibit at a model railroad show?  Because of its rail 
> connections?
> >
> > And, I just checked my CITGO credit card and billing file.  
> Neither of
> > them even mentions the words, "gasolene" or "gasoline" (they refer 
> to
> > "retail products").  The current company name is CITGO Petroleum 
> Corp.  I
> > still have a set of the 1958 railroad portfolios, and will be glad 
> to
> > check them for other information if anyone needs it.
> >
> > Bob 8/6
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >
> > On Sat, 05 Aug 2000 20:42:57 -0400 "Fred W. Schneider III"
> > <fschnei at supernet.com> writes:
> > > 1.  I'm not going to touch the history of CITGO, but I think it 
> was
> > > later
> > > broken up and what we see today is a reincarnation selling under 
> the
> > > old
> > > trademark.  Ed Lybarger is into these things and I'm sure he can
> > > remember.
> > >
> > > 2.  Who has a list of the trolley properties once owned by 
> Cities
> > > Service?
> > > If my memory serves for much of anything these days, I think 
> most
> > > were in
> > > southern states ... places like Durham NC for example.  And who
> > > knows when
> > > Cities Service got totally out of the transit business?  And out 
> of
> > > other
> > > utilities?  When, if ever, was motor fuels and lubricants their 
> only
> > > business?
> > >
> > > brathke at juno.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I forgot to comment on a curiosity shown in one of the photos 
> that
> > > Jim
> > > > was asking about  -
> > > > <http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/jfp135.htm>.   Note
> > > that the
> > > > large CITGO billboard above the trolley spells its product,
> > > "Gasolene".
> > > > This sign was there for years, and in the 50's it carried the
> > > company's
> > > > previous name, Cities Service.
> > > >
> > > > The spelling on the billboard sometimes generated comments 
> from
> > > the
> > > > public who said it should be spelled, "gasoline".
> > > >
> > > > Next time I'm in a CITGO station, I'll  look at the signs and 
> see
> > > if they
> > > > still sell gasolene.
> > > >
> > > > Bob 8/5
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > 
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