tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post6023275050420222733..comments2024-03-28T17:35:45.759-07:00Comments on modeling the SP: Tank car loading platforms, Part 3Tony Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-8854353203118957222023-05-15T13:01:21.274-07:002023-05-15T13:01:21.274-07:00Acid tank cars did not have bottom outlets, so had...Acid tank cars did not have bottom outlets, so had to be pumped out through the dome top. (I assume when you say "sulfur" you mean sulfuric acid.) It could be done from a platform, but often there was a kind of gantry which swung the unloading pipe over to the car.<br />Tony ThompsonTony Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-45722716487811818932017-02-23T09:36:14.065-08:002017-02-23T09:36:14.065-08:00I am putting together a paper mill which recieves ...I am putting together a paper mill which recieves sulfur from tank cars modelled in the 1950, would they also use your type of loading platforms for unloading also?Hanselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306343107051452409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-36799651823264773112017-02-23T07:31:35.847-08:002017-02-23T07:31:35.847-08:00A useful image of an oil loading platform on the P...A useful image of an oil loading platform on the Pacific Coast Railway at Cat Canyon on the Palmer Union Oil branch appears on page 177 of Westcott & Johnson's "Pacific Coast Railway." PCR also served two competing oil loading stations at Los Olivos, so narrow gaugers also should consider this interesting layout feature.Chris Palermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385444835824323364noreply@blogger.com