MILLION GALLON "TANK CAR"

General American Transportation, applying the benefits of volume transportation through the unit train, has come up with an integral train concept that it calls a "million gallon tank car." Since it involves handling techniques of storage tanks, it holds potential of improving the distribution of bulk liquid commodities. The new system has a unique combination of interconnects of flexible hoses and special valves. With them a million gallon 40 car tank train can be filled or emptied from a single connection. The train thus brings that capability to the terminal.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1974-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 59
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight traffic; Liquid bulk cargo; Petroleum products; Tank cars; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: General american transportation; Integral train systems; Liquid freight; Tank car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054590
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 18 1976 12:00AM