Tank cars only for certain product?

[egmurphy]

Tropicana did experiment with shipping using a refrgerated tankcar. It must not have worked out. However, it is still listed in the January 2008 ORER (TPIX 6000). Unfortunately, I have never seen a photograph of it.

Here’s a shot of it taken in 2002 and posted by Stan Jackowski on Webshots:

Regards

Ed

[ericsp]

Tropicana did experiment with shipping using a refrgerated tankcar. It must not have worked out. However, it is still listed in the January 2008 ORER (TPIX 6000). Unfortunately, I have never seen a photograph of it.

Here’s a shot of it taken in 2002 and posted by Stan Jackowski on Webshots:

Regards

Ed

Thanks for the photograph. It looks like the tankcar does not have a refrigeration unit. It appears to be a tank version of an RB.

I also noticed that Tropicana appears to lease at least one tankcar.

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1026285655012275892sToGiCuRUt

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1026285663012275892CRyPCjCgaU

[tree68]

I had thought that they can carry only 1 type of product, however, in the BNSF OK derailement thread, someone said that there was hydrochloric acid residue in one of the ethonal cars.

I think you read something into Videomaker’s post. He wrote that there were reports that HCl residue was in a tankcar. Nowhere was it said the car ever carried ethanol.

That residue caused a change in placarding some time back. At one time, once a tank was unloaded the placard was removed, even though there could be residue left in the tank. Now, unless the tank has been properly cleaned it still carries the placard.