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AllaN01Bear

(28,248 posts) Tue Dec 2, 2025, 03:43 PM Tuesday

dear du rail fans and real rail road employees

what is hauled in the black tank . cars . i say propane . am i correct? thanks

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dear du rail fans and real rail road employees (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Tuesday OP

It can vary. Gore1FL Tuesday #1

Try asking someone on this YouTube channel. Sector 001 Tuesday #2

No doubt about what's in this car. boonecreek Tuesday #3

mooo :)) AllaN01Bear Tuesday #4

Gore1FL

(22,788 posts)

1. It can vary.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 03:50 PM

Tuesday

Tank cars carry anything from vegetable oil to some pretty scary chemicals.
While they typically will have a life hauling that one commodity to avoid cleaning requirements to repurpose, one leasing company can have a fleet of tankers, painted the same, carrying different things.
Tankers for hazmat are typically built with multiple shells to prevent release, but that is more a factor of the the car-type than the way ghe car’s owner painted it.