The History of British American Oil can be found at this private British American Oil website.
(The site above has not been updated for some time.)
An example of an 800 series B.A. Oil Tank car. Source: Old Time Trains, CPR Trenton Division
The following four pictures are from the Canada Southern Private Car Page
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This particular car is part of the CGTX 1600-1799 series, which were built new by CC&F for CGTX in 1943, of which some were leased to B.A. Oil. |
| In 1961, all B.A. Oil cars went to CGTX. |
For a complete listing of B.A. Oil Tank car series, see Ian Cranstone's Private Car Roster Site.
For an excellent article on modeling CGTX series, see the July 2002 Railroad Model Craftsman.
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C.D.S. HO-689 Dry Transfers. |
The Prez, inspecting the new B.A. tank car Fleet. |

This site is part of Ham and Railfanning—The History of Rail in Kelowna.