1st time poster needs help. I saw a railcar having 2 tanks on it with space between them. Does anyone...

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know what that is called, and where I might be able to learn more about the specifications, etc.?

Thanks!

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…Welcome to forum. It’s anyone’s guess on the “double tank” rail car. Someone will respond.

Real tanks or possibly something else…like power producing windmill pods being shipped…?

Edit: Sorry, had the wrong kind of “tanks”.

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Was it a 6 axel car carrying two US Army tanks, or are you talking about tanks that carry liquids?

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rspicture.aspx?id=31379

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Those tanks are quite impressive, nanaimo. They look tougher that the M-1 Shermans we had when I was in the army.

I wouldn’t feel comfortable inside one, though. I was in the artillery and our job was to drop HE right on top of them to sort of turn them inside out, as it were.

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Welcome! [#welcome]

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Freight; welcome to the forum lots of good things here.

Cannonball

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[#welcome] also!

I may have seen the same thing tonight on NS222 intermodal in Seneca, SC. This train had a typical 40’ intermodal flat but instead of two 20’ containers, there were two 20’ steel box frames holding two containers labelled EUROTAINER. I remember them because we noticed one had very large placards stating POISON and HOT. Yikes…nasty stuff!

This pic looks to be exactly what I saw:

http://www.matts-place.com/intermodal/part2/images/secs1221120.jpg

Hope this helps! Jamie

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Those are called “Bulk Containers”. They are designed to carry liquids of all types, the same as tank cars do but in smaller quantities. They are common and can be found on stack trains or on flat cars. If in a well car on a stack train they are ALWAYS placed on the bottom level due to their weight.