Shell Oil Company SCCX-1246

Shell Oil Company SCCX 1246 is a General American tank car built to transport oil. It was built at Sharon, Pennsylvania, in November 1929 and assigned for service out of Martinez, California. Designed to transport heavy petroleum products such as bunker oil, the car is insulated and equipped with steam heating pipes to aid the transfer of heavy oils during cold weather. After 40 years of service between California and Washington, the car was repainted and refurbished by Shell before being donated to the Northwest Railway Museum in 1971. In 1972 the car was placed into service hauling waste oil for the steam locomotives from Seattle to Snoqualmie and was assigned reporting marks PSHX 1246.