Re: Tank cars

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:22:21 -0400, "Geezer"
<gquNOSPAMale@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
>"David Nebenzahl" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> On 6/17/2008 8:13 AM Mike Hudson spake thus:
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>>> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:45:56 -0500, "Don Harstad"
>>> <dharstad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Can someone tell me the reason for tank cars of apparently similar 
>>>>capacity having one, two and three domes?  Is it for the carriage of 
>>>>different grades of material in the same car?
>>>
>>> Different commodities in multiple compartments.  You may sometimes
>>> notice TWO or more different Hazmat Placards on a tank car like this,
>>> which indicates that two (or more) entirely different commodities are
>>> being ****pped in the same car.
>>
>> So, how 'bout a tank car with milk in one side and sulfuric acid in the

>> other? What if they get mixed up?
>>
>My understanding is that the multi-compartment tank cars were not
operated 
>like an LCL box car or baggage car, picking up partial loads at multiple 
>stations.  The multi-compartment tank cars would be loaded at one site
and 
>delivered to a different single site.  Geezer 

This is exactly how it happens.  I have delivered tank cars to Ashland
Chemical in Doraville that have placards for two different chemicals,
and thus two domes on the car on a number of occassions.