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Post by tknarr58 on Oct 9, 2014 10:51:49 GMT -5
Would anyone know what the approximate time period of the 23,000 gallon tank cars would be? What would be the earliest date they would have appeared? Thx, Terry
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Post by markm on Oct 9, 2014 11:29:04 GMT -5
Terry,
My sources have the cars being developed and first built in the early 1960s. However I lived near the Martinez and Benicia refineries and don't recall seeing them there until the late 1960s- early 1970s.
Hope this helps,
Mark
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Post by tknarr58 on Oct 9, 2014 11:42:28 GMT -5
Thx Mark. I had thought that the 33,000 gallon cars were from the 1960's and that the 23,000 gallon cars were more late 1980's or 90's.
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Post by markm on Oct 9, 2014 13:13:00 GMT -5
Terry,
Union Tank Car history puts them both in the 1960s. But my belief always was that the 33000 gallon cars were designed for gas/liquid products like LNG or ammonia and the 23000 were for liquids like oil and gas.
Mark
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