Photos: CCIX Tank Car 342
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Photos: CCIX Tank Car 342 Three 1948 photos from the Newberry Library: http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/nby_rrlife/id/830/rec/415 http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/nby_rrlife/id/760/rec/417 http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/nby_rrlife/id/756/rec/418 These photos can be enlarged quite a bit. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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mopacfirst
These are interesting photos. This car has 70-ton trucks, with an 8000 gallon capacity tank, so this must be a heavy acid like sulfuric.
My brief search for this company has hit a dead end, because all I turn up for Consolidated Chemical Industries is a newer chemical marketing company in Houston. The photo caption mentions Ft. Worth and the CB&Q, which probably means FW&D in the context. My best guess is that this is a company that was absorbed long ago into a larger chemical manufacturer. But this would be a useful car to model. Ron Merrick
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al_brown03
Are those the acid tanks Resin Car Works made?
Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.
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Eric Hansmann
Not quite. Here are the acid tank cars from the first RCW release. Scroll down for the CCIX tanks. http://resincarworks.com/kits/1-01_acid_tank_car_kits.htm
From the CCIX tank car section: These prototypes were built in 1937 and 1938. Decals included data for the following car numbers.
Eric Hansmann RCW web guy
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of al_brown03
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 3:47 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photos: CCIX Tank Car 342
Are those the acid tanks Resin Car Works made?
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Tony Thompson
Yes, I think so. Frank would know.
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Tony Thompson
On Jul 1, 2020, at 1:47 PM, al_brown03 <abrown@...> wrote:
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Eric Shatford
Ron, The Consolidated Chemical plant in the photos was indeed taken on the FWD at a location called Hodge within the Fort Worth switching limits. Ownership passed to Stauffer Chemical, however I am not sure when the change occurred; it was Stauffer when I started with the Denver in 1973. Rhone-Polenec took over from Stauffer, eventually closing the plant. Today, nothing is left on the site. Everything was dismantled or demolished. They shipped out mostly sulfuric acid. CCIX 342 is marked “Sulfuric Acid” above the tank test dates and is spotted at the sulfuric spots in the plant. While the acid went to various destinations, there was always one or two cars of sulfuric for Springhill, Louisiana to the paper mill there routed FWD-Dallas-L&A. Raw material inbound was potash coming to the plant off the ATSF. It came out of New Mexico somewhere. In the pictures, the shed over the track in the distance is where the potash unloaded. Respectfully, Eric Shatford Fort Worth, Texas
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of mopacfirst
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 3:17 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photos: CCIX Tank Car 342
These are interesting photos. This car has 70-ton trucks, with an 8000 gallon capacity tank, so this must be a heavy acid like sulfuric.
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Frank Hodina
Our acid tank car kit 1.03 would work for CCIX 342. Kit 1.03 is of the first group of these cars built for Consolidated Chemical in 1945. The cars were leases so the reporting marks are SHPX. CCIX was built in April of 1947. The 140,000 capacity is due to the Heresite liners that these cars had. Would need to do a new decal set to issue a new kit, but that's not a proplem as the artwork is available. Let us know if there's an interest.
Have a happy 4th! Frank
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