What kind of gas stations...

FriscoCharlie Oct 5, 2015

  1. Ironhorseman

    Ironhorseman April, 2018 Staff Member In Memoriam

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    I love this old photo. Reminds me of a place I worked when I was about 12.
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  2. Mike VE2TRV

    Mike VE2TRV TrainBoard Member

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    I just love how the porch is held up with stacks of rocks... And the tin roof supported by crudely cut tree trunks. I can almost hear the planks and beams creaking as someone walks on them.

    And those signs! There are enough there to set up a small retirement fund if you sold them these days. I really like the Scotch sign - they actually had snuff!

    Great find, Bill.(y)
     
  3. Ironhorseman

    Ironhorseman April, 2018 Staff Member In Memoriam

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    Thanks, Mike. :)
    Would be fun to try and model this building. It would have to be from scratch, I'm sure; and would take a master craftsman to make it work. Are you listening, Candy ... or ?
    Notice how the boards on the steps are slightly worn from people walking up them. Wow.
     
  4. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    The above photo that Bill posted is described as Sunday afternoon in July of 1939. At Gordonton, North Carolina. Reminds me of this one that I posted earlier of the same time period over in Melrose, Louisiana.
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  5. Ironhorseman

    Ironhorseman April, 2018 Staff Member In Memoriam

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    That's a nice photo too, Russ. It too would be a challenge to model. :)

    I forgot to ask, Russ ... where on earth did you dig up the info on that photo? And do you have any similar info on your pic?
     
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  6. Mike VE2TRV

    Mike VE2TRV TrainBoard Member

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    Great photo, Russell. That Frenchie's Bar looks like a place with country music and the occasional drunk toss out the front door.
     
  7. Manitobamodeler24

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    The hallway just seems to go on forever! (Sorry it's sideways) o whoops, thought this was random photo thread
     

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    Well here is a gas station to make up for that, some where in NM
     

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  9. r_i_straw

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    Decatur, Texas. The facade is made up of mortared in pieces of petrified wood.
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  10. Mike VE2TRV

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    Now that's distinctive. I was wondering if it was wood or stone, but reading the caption... it's both at once! Nice touch with the bows on the pumps.:D

    I see what looks like some more petrified wood buildings on left behind the pumps.

    That's one great photo. (y)
     
  11. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    A truck parked beside a Conoco Station in De Leon, Texas in 1939.
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  12. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Turkey, Texas is way up in the Pan Handle and was home to Bob Wills, a C&W singer. This Phillips 66 station needs a little restoration but it is for sale.
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  13. Ironhorseman

    Ironhorseman April, 2018 Staff Member In Memoriam

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    I can still see Bob Wills strutting around with his fiddle in his hands during his show!
    Dating myself here, eh? LOL
    Great photo, Russ.
     
  14. BoxcabE50

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    In my Old Time Radio show collection, there are some featuring Bob Wills. Interesting stuff from that era.
     
  15. Mike VE2TRV

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    Listening to some good ol' country music right now... nice building, and that old band bus looks great - classic slanted windows (and rounded back end?) that I remember from way, way back as a kid on the Montreal transit system.
     
  16. r_i_straw

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    Now here is one that I have never heard of before. Amoco in Utah?
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  17. BoxcabE50

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    New to me as well.
     
  18. Mike VE2TRV

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    Cool place with the antlers hanging off the side of the roof there... and that huge Indian statue nearby - classic tourist area.

    And just about everything politically incorrect to get a gaggle of protesters howling on the side of the road in about eight nanoseconds today...:ROFLMAO:
     
  19. r_i_straw

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    Rockwall, Texas in the 1920s.
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  20. acptulsa

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    Exactly, though it didn't start that way.

    http://utahrails.net/industries/oil.php

    Yes, Standard of Indiana is Amoco.
     

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