My comments preceeded by +++ From: Jon C <inyosub@...> To: Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, November 18, 2009 3:46:51 PM Subject: Re:...
Cool!! Thank you muchly, Bob! I greatly appreciate it! Jack. If it's true that the brain learns best by making mistakes then I Should have surpassed "Genius"...
If your talking about what Athearn calls the 'chemical tank car' the car is a Foobie. (means not a real car or at best a stand in) There were similar cars...
Jack, Go to this URL- http://www.opsig.org/industrydb/ for an explanation................ Bob Hultman ________________________________ From: Jack Hofmockel...
Sorry about the pertroleum reference, responded after a long day and was a bit fuzzy brained. One other thing, in the light of dawn, in the late 80's, 90's,...
two products that move in rubber lined tank TRUCKS are Hydrochloric Acid ( aka Muriatic Acid) and Sodium Hypochlorite ( aka bleach). I would assume that they...
Interesting thread. Where is this Excel spreadsheet of shippers and receivers to be found? Thanks! Jack. If it's true that the brain learns best by making...
... Doing an internet search using my favorite search engine, I find that rubber lining would likely have been used for acids, but probably not for petroleum...
Having worked for a Dow Chemical subsidiary in Midland, MI (Home of The Dow Chemical Company) I think the answer to your question is for your time period Dow...
All, I'm preparing 4-cycle waybills for freight cars on a late 50's-1960 era HO RR & would like to learn the following- 1- What were typical liq chemicals...
... I don't know the type, either, but I'm with Jon as far as car size. Before about 1960 or so, a 10,000 gallon tank car was a large car, and while there may...
Acording to my 1933 book General American Tank Car Journeys Acetic Acid moves in all Aluminum tank cars of 8000 gallons. Drawing show NIAX 200 assigned to the...
Jeff & Andy, Thanks, to follow on, by my crude calculations, since acetic acid was just slightly denser than water, I'm guesstamting it would of moved in...
Andy, Thank you for guiding me to this site . I must be blind but I dont seem to be able to pickup the blokes name BUT Bradford North Western takes me back to...
Andy, Thanks for clarifying. I knew I was safe saying that they were in use in the 1950's, but I didn't know exactly when they began using them. Regards, ...
Actually Jeff, Glass-lined tank cars were in use as far back as the 1920s. There were glass-lined tank cars for acids, and the tanks in milk cars were also...
Allen, Glass-lined tank cars were in use by 1950. Regards, -Jeff From: Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com] On...
As Dave said, only instructions pertaining to train movements go on TO forms; other instructions on msgs; and never shall the two be combined on the same...
This is a reminder that we now have a new list where you can upload files to. The site is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OPS-INDfiles/. If you have older...
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Back in the mid seventies I recall handing up orders for the operator. I turned to go back inside and he spotted a broken steel band on a flatcar load. Had I...
No. But.... it's perfectly acceptable to hand up a message to a train crew on the fly in addition to or without train orders/clearance. Jim Duncan ... From:...
What is produced where? and how much? Try this link: http://www.the-innovation-group.com/chemprofile.htm where you will find the following comment: "Chemical...
My understanding is Grasselli Chemical/DuPont in E. Chicago, Indiana produced acetic acid, (any thing else?) Had aluminum, stainless or lined tank cars come...
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