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Tank Cars
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General Purpose Tank Cars: 10,500 gallons – 30,000 gallons
Designed to carry a multitude of commodities
Common commodities: base and finished lube oils, solvents, crude oil, diesel fuel, asphalt and fuel oils, petroleum wax, liquid fertilizers, caustic soda, corn syrup, vegetable oil, ethanol, tallows, magnesium chloride.
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Multi-Compartment Tank Cars: 20,000 gallons -26,000 gallons; typically 2 - 4 compartments
Designed to carry more than one commodity at a time but in smaller volumes
Common commodities: finished lubes, solvents, specialty chemicals.
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High Pressure Tank Cars: 17,000 gallons – 34,000 gallons
Designed to carry high pressure gases and highly volatile liquids
Common commodities: chlorine, liquefied petroleum gases (propane, butane, propylene), anhydrous ammonia.
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Hoppers |
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Small Cube Covered Hopper Cars: 2,800 c.f. - 3,200 c.f.
Designed to carry high density dry bulk commodities
Common commodities: cement, sand, perlite.
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Medium Cube Covered Hopper Cars: 4,650 c.f. – 5,200 c.f.
Designed to carry medium to light density dry bulk commodities
Common commodities: grain, dry-bulk fertilizer, soda ash.
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Large Cube Covered Hopper Cars: 5,700 c.f. – 6,400 c.f.
Designed to carry light density dry bulk commodities
Common commodities: plastic pellets, distillers dry grain (DDG).
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