05-23-2013, 08:22 AM
For what it's worth, the specific prototype of that Athearn 62-foot tank car was railroad-owned, for company diesel fuel. The GN and Burlington come to mind as owners, and the BN rebuilt them for use as fuel tenders between SD40-2s in the 1980s. They are a design from the 1960s and are most useful as kitbash fodder. Naturally, you can do as you please as far as how you run them, but that's what they are.