On Feb 1, 2006, at 9:13 AM, Andy Sperandeo wrote:

Hi Clark,

The July 1992 "Model Railroader," page 100, included a drawing of an AC&F
Type 27 tank car lettered for blackstrap molasses service, GATX 7801 leased
to Harry L. Laws & Co. I'm familiar with the Laws molasses refinery because
it was still in operation on the New Orleans riverfront when I was in high
school and college, and the wind ocassionally carried its sickly sweet odor
over the uptown university area.

I'll bet this car was equipped with heater coils - warm molasses flows a lot better than well, cold molasses <G>

BTW, what would be the restriction (if any) on cars moving between something like petroleum service and food service (e.g. molasses, vegetable oil, etc)?

Regards
Bruce

Bruce F. Smith
Auburn, AL
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/

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