DUPX 12405 scratched 8 axle tanker

[bobby pitts]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/

This is a unusual tank car. It started out as a insulated high pressure car. In 1990, the outer shell was removed, a manway was added along with a bottom outlet and 2 75 psi valves. The heating coils were left exposed on the car, which is very different from all tankers I've seen. It hauled 32,000+ gals of Ethylene Glycol for use as wing deicer. It was scraped in 2010.

Bobby

 

[Airslide]

WOW!!

i thought the first two photos in your photostream WERE the prototype.

that is awesome work.

i just HAD to find the prototype:

 

[bn_1970]

Excellent job on that one.

 

[gabby]

That sure is a big car

 

[kjd]

Is there some advantage to building one massive car instead of using two cars? Excellent modeling by the way.

 

[zoegraf]

Superb! Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring.

 

[bobby pitts]

Thanks guys for the kind words. The advantage for big cars, $$$$$$$. Something about
the more you haul. Go to the RailWhales site for the full answer.

Regards, Bobby,

 

[boatwrench]

Nice work.

A question about the commodity. If the car hauled de-icing fluid, why did it need to be heated?

 

[bobby pitts]

Boatwrench, the coils were not used after the rebuild, I should have said so, my bad.