Iron Nipple wrote: So how common were these loads? Lionel made a lot of these gondolas that had these tanks but I hardly ever see them in prototype photos? Perhaps I should move the question to another forum..
WOW !!
Buckeye Riveter wrote: csxt30 wrote: Iron Nipple wrote: Cant seem to find the prototype for these lionel cars made in the 1970s late 1960s..Seems to be chemical cars of some sortThese cars carried containers for transporting Carbide. Used for making acetylene, & the reason for the big steel containers was because if water came in contact with carbide, it would ignite. I used to rerail a lot of those type cars & containers, & couldn't use a torch near them. Today, some of those type containers are shipped inside of boxcars, but there are still some containers loaded on flat cars. Thanks, JohnJohn, there are some other car types that I need to get photos of and let you identify the loads.
csxt30 wrote: Iron Nipple wrote: Cant seem to find the prototype for these lionel cars made in the 1970s late 1960s..Seems to be chemical cars of some sortThese cars carried containers for transporting Carbide. Used for making acetylene, & the reason for the big steel containers was because if water came in contact with carbide, it would ignite. I used to rerail a lot of those type cars & containers, & couldn't use a torch near them. Today, some of those type containers are shipped inside of boxcars, but there are still some containers loaded on flat cars. Thanks, John
Iron Nipple wrote: Cant seem to find the prototype for these lionel cars made in the 1970s late 1960s..Seems to be chemical cars of some sort
Cant seem to find the prototype for these lionel cars made in the 1970s late 1960s..
Seems to be chemical cars of some sort
These cars carried containers for transporting Carbide. Used for making acetylene, & the reason for the big steel containers was because if water came in contact with carbide, it would ignite. I used to rerail a lot of those type cars & containers, & couldn't use a torch near them. Today, some of those type containers are shipped inside of boxcars, but there are still some containers loaded on flat cars.
Thanks, John
John, there are some other car types that I need to get photos of and let you identify the loads.
I hope I can !! Ha !! LOL !! Oh, if I can't we'll get Roy & Bob !!
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