some strange freight cars.....

[egmurphy]

QUOTE: ericsp: I’ve seen the coking unit at Shell’s (Equilon at the time) Bakersfield, CA refinery. I definately noticed the dust. It looked like the coking drums (delayed coking) were actually silver, however it was difficult to tell with all of that dust on them.

That silver color is actually aluminum sheathing over the insulation on the drums.

Regards

Ed

[ericsp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy

QUOTE: ericsp: I’ve seen the coking unit at Shell’s (Equilon at the time) Bakersfield, CA refinery. I definately noticed the dust. It looked like the coking drums (delayed coking) were actually silver, however it was difficult to tell with all of that dust on them.

That silver color is actually aluminum sheathing over the insulation on the drums.

Regards

Ed

I thought I saw some silver. It goes to show how dusty that coke gets at all of the delayed cokers I have seen appear to be flat black. They must have oiled that coke in the open top hoppers. I am guessing it was bound the the kiln at a concrete plant (although it could have been going elsewhere).

[ericsp]

I found this thread with deals hoopers that sound similar to those GCCX hoppers.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=18528

[heavyd]

Anyone know if the bulkhead with the lower ends has different empty restrictions. When I was with CP we would get speed restrictions of maximum 45MPH with empty bulkhead flats. They have enough wind drag on them to derail when empty at high speeds. Perhaps these lower bulkheads are to prevent some kind of speed restriction?