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American Pacific Whaling Company Road Number APWX 7166
This 39' single dome tank car is painted black with white logo and lettering. It was built in September 1917 by American Car & Foundry of Milton, PA, and runs on Archbar trucks. The Pacific Whaling Company (later the American Pacific Whaling Company) opened the only whaling station in the Aleutian Islands in 1912. It operated until 1939, then was leased to the U.S. Navy between 1942 until 1945 as a midway fueling, provisioning and repair station.
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