If art imitates life......

[mecgp7]

....then these must have existed.
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I have not seen offset domes on tank cars. The pic is from a stock certificate from the Eastern Oil Company dated 1902.
Does anyone have actual pics of these tank cars?

[Chris333]

Probably the scene @randgust is trying to model.

[Point353]

Tank car with offset dome:

[DKS]

FWIW...

[learmoia]

Atlas Code 80 tie spacing.. 

[Chris333]

More here
https://aoghs.org/transportation/densmore-oil-tank-car/
First cars didn't even have domes 

[mecgp7]

Cool stuff. Thanks guys.

[DKS]

More here
https://aoghs.org/transportation/densmore-oil-tank-car/
First cars didn't even have domes 

Wow, the photo on that site was the origin of the stock certificate artwork! Here's a larger version of it:

[Chris333]

And it looks like that area is Titusville that is just a few miles from Trunkeyville
https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=44197.0

Notice the use of a A&GW flatcar. When the Erie was 6' gauge they laid a 3rd rail from this area in PA to the West side of Warren OH. Where a branch to Cleveland would reach the oil refineries. The branch was standard gauge and the 3rd rail let the cars make the whole trip.

[nkalanaga]

I have heard that the Yosemite car had the dome offset for use on a cable incline, but wouldn't swear to it.

From the Densmore site:  "They were unstable, top heavy, prone to leaks, and limited in capacity by the eight-foot width of the flatcar. "  These were standard gauge, but the flatcars were the same width as the D&RGW's narrow gauge cars of the 1880s.

[OldEastRR]

Yep, this is gold for randgust's module building....black gold. 

[Specter3]

So do you think the tanks in the foreground of the picture are ex flatcar tanks discarded when the tank car became standard?

[DKS]

So do you think the tanks in the foreground of the picture are ex flatcar tanks discarded when the tank car became standard?

I'd say it's a very safe bet.