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What is this tank car used for?
« on: July 24, 2014, 05:40:04 PM »
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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2014, 06:04:19 PM »
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Not sure, but I would fill it with scotch and park it on a siding in the crew lounge!  :tommann:

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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2014, 06:20:04 PM »
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I don't know if you've done this yet, but do they have any proto schemes that you can hunt down on the various internet railroad picture sites. Some informed photographers leave captions on the pictures which mention what the cars carry.
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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2014, 06:39:18 PM »
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The GATX number series they released is in a series of molten sulfur cars.
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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2014, 04:17:04 AM »
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Molten Sulfer, Chlorine, Caustic Soda, Ferric Chloride.... And those are just the ones I've handled. Chemicles, food products, it's a pretty common sized car.
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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2014, 05:56:28 AM »
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Factory air.   :trollface:
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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2014, 05:01:04 PM »
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Quote from: davefoxx on July 25, 2014, 05:56:28 AM
Factory air.   :trollface:


Hmm... LIQUIFIED factory
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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2014, 06:59:20 PM »
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Glycols are a possibility too.
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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2014, 05:44:08 PM »
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Quote from: rswinnerton on July 25, 2014, 04:17:04 AM
Molten Sulfer, Chlorine, Caustic Soda, Ferric Chloride.... And those are just the ones I've handled. Chemicles, food products, it's a pretty common sized car.


Well, definitely not chlorine in this case, as the model is certainly not a compressed gas car.

About the right size for a sulfur or caustic tank, or other similar liquid chemicals.
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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2014, 01:47:00 AM »
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Depending on the lining, almost anything that doesn't have to be pressurized.  Unlined, materials that won't corrode the steel shell, including petroleum products, all of the stuff mentioned above except the chlorine.  Lined, it would depend on the lining, and would probably be limited to a single commodity, or a small group of commodities, but from the outside, the lined cars still look the same.

Question:  Does ethanol require lined tanks?  It attracts water, and if left in a steel gas tank long enough, will attract enough to rust the tank.  Would it damage a tank car?  I had to repair my lawn mower tank because of that.  Just a push mower, so the hole was easily filled with Seal-All, but I make sure the tank is empty before parking the mower now.
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Re: What is this tank car used for?
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2014, 09:46:43 AM »
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Quote from: Kisatchie on July 25, 2014, 05:01:04 PM

Hmm... LIQUIFIED factory
air...


 :lol: I must letter some tank cars for LFA use only...
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