Thursday Proto Photo, May 11/17

[Lenny53]

[Philip H]

A couple of recent interesting tankcars:

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[davefoxx]

Good lord!  That thing hauling Viagra in liquid form?

DFF

[Philip H]

Good lord!  That thing hauling Viagra in liquid form?

DFF

I suppose it would be if it has behind one of @Ed Kapuscinski's favorite MARC locos (!) but no, refrigerated Ethylene

[mu26aeh]

Good lord!  That thing hauling Viagra in liquid form?

DFF

And the cars clearly say DO NOT HUMP 

[Bob Bufkin]

Something for the Conrail bunch and a car that Tom needs to weather in HO or N.

[Caleb Austin]

I chased a westbound empty coal train from Doswell to mineral VA last week.


Crossing the old RF&P at Doswell.


On the rural piedmont.



Caleb.

[Caleb Austin]

And a couple more...


Passing the historic Beaverdam depot


And cruising through Mineral, Virginia.

Caleb.

[basementcalling]

I chased a westbound empty coal train from Doswell to mineral VA last week.


Crossing the old RF&P at Doswell.


On the rural piedmont.



Caleb.

You were practically in my back yard.

[Caleb Austin]

You were practically in my back yard.

It's a great area to have a back yard! I love driving along that line.

Caleb.

[eric220]

@Philip H I wish I could read the placards on those cars. Based on what I know about tanker trucks, those would appear to be filled with what a Hazmat specialist once described to me as methylethylshurtodyanol (aka methylethylbadstuff). Probably a good idea to de-a$$ the area with a sense of urgency if one of those starts leaking.

[Philip H]

@eric220  - they are stenciled for refrigerated ethylene which definitely falls into the "hump yard your a$$hat outta there if it hits the ground" category.