in my vacations on canada i saw passing by a freight train with the decalls"sulfar". i want know what`s the color and the decalling?
Here on the west coast the sulphur train cars are branded “Sultran” - they run to the load out in Port Moody via CP or to North Vancouver via CN . As for color - I’m color blind but to me the are dark - say a brown type color – maybe someone else can set this straight.
Do they still run the sulfur trains with those Procor rotary hoppers?
All the sulphur trains I’ve seen recently are labeled SULX – probably leased from Procor – but not sure .
Sulfur is usually bright yellow, as in that mountain of stuff in North Vancouver, easily seen from the Vancouver side of Burrard Inlet. You can see Sultran trains rolling through Calgary, hauling sulfur removed from natural gas as it comes from Alberta wellheads.
Thought the post was asking the colour of the sulphur cars ? The big yellow piles on the docks are easily noticed in Port Moody as well .
Where in Alberta do the trains originate ?
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Sulfur is usually bright yellow, as in that mountain of stuff in North Vancouver, easily seen from the Vancouver side of Burrard Inlet. You can see Sultran trains rolling through Calgary, hauling sulfur removed from natural gas as it comes from Alberta wellheads.
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Thought the post was asking the colour of the sulphur cars ? The big yellow piles on the docks are easily noticed in Port Moody as well .
Where in Alberta do the trains originate ?
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Thought the post was asking the colour of the sulphur cars ? The big yellow piles on the docks are easily noticed in Port Moody as well .
Where in Alberta do the trains originate ?
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That’s a good question. I used to see them rolling along the rail line parallel to the Deerfoot trail at the west edge of the Calgary airport. Must do a bit of research today.
That’s a good question. I used to see them rolling along the rail line parallel to the Deerfoot trail at the west edge of the Calgary airport. Must do a bit of research today.
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A quick search for Sultran on Google shows that Sultran Ltd is owned by some 23 shareholders, amongst them major oil and natural gas companies. Sulphur is hauled in gondolas from 11 plants in Alberta and BC down to tidewater at Port Moody and North Vancouver, for loading into ocean going freighters. Reporting marks are SULX. Several websites have photos and details of the gondolas.
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Sulfur hauled in gondolas seems a bit unusual to me. Most shipments that I’ve seen are in insulated tank cars carrying molten sulfur (sulfur melts at 111 degrees C).
Another source of sulphur is – or used to be – the operations around Sudbury. Anyone know if they still ship any?
Can assure you they do ship the sulphur in gondola cars - from outside it looks like a coal train , however if you look inside it’s a bright yellow powder - the only clue is the reporting marks on the cars–SULX
When I worked for CPR we called the cars – bathtubs. The company name is also on the outside at one end – Sultran – however they are usually so dirty it doe’snt show up very well .
I don’t know about Sudbury but I would think a fair amount of sulfur goes to the Kidd Creek acid works near Timmins, Ontario. I think the acid is used by just Falconbridge for their refinery processes.