white tank cars

rettop · Unread post by **rettop** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:45 pm

Returning from the "Windy" along Indiana Tollway saw a single consist of white tank cars rolling west ; also saw a line of them waiting to head into the Whiting refineries. Are these the "new" tank car design and painted to distinquish them from the "oldies"?

Saturnalia · Unread post by **Saturnalia** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:02 pm

Paint choose makes do difference AFAIK

cfriedri · Unread post by **cfriedri** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:17 pm

AFAIK, the choice of color for a tank car or any car for that matter is simply based on the preference of the owner.

msurailfan · Unread post by **msurailfan** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:16 am

To the extent of my cognizance, the pigmentation of a rail transportation device is wholly dependent upon the individual wishes of the proprietor(s).

MQT1223 · Unread post by **MQT1223** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:35 am

cfriedri wrote:AFAIK, the choice of color for a tank car or any car for that matter is simply based on the preference of the owner.

Yeah like the guy who chose to paint all of his hoppers pink so he could distinguish them from the others. I can't remember who that was, but we have an HO scale version at the WMMRRC.

SD80MAC · Unread post by **SD80MAC** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:27 am

That was the Kleme Co-Op in Iowa. They painted a group of their hoppers pink so they'd be easy to identify.

BerkshireKid · Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:40 am

MQT3001 wrote:Paint choose makes do difference AFAIK

!?!?!? English please. It's the official language of 'Murica, please use it. LOL

Typhoon · Unread post by **Typhoon** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:34 pm

BerkshireKid wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:Paint choose makes do difference AFAIK
!?!?!? English please. It's the official language of 'Murica, please use it. LOL

You are wrong. The USA does not have an official language.

http://blog.usa.gov/post/75587596610/th ... ted-states

Saturnalia · Unread post by **Saturnalia** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:18 pm

BerkshireKid wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:Paint choose makes do difference AFAIK
!?!?!? English please. It's the official language of 'Murica, please use it. LOL

So, I screwed up one word...supposed to be choice

MQT1223 · Unread post by **MQT1223** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 4:13 pm

MQT3001 wrote:
BerkshireKid wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:Paint choose makes do difference AFAIK
!?!?!? English please. It's the official language of 'Murica, please use it. LOL
So, I screwed up one word...supposed to be choice

Incorrect, TWO.

PatAzo · Unread post by **PatAzo** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:45 pm

BerkshireKid wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:Paint choose makes do difference AFAIK
!?!?!? English please. It's the official language of 'Murica, please use it. LOL

At the time of the Revolution, English was the major language in the newly formed government. Yet having just fought a revolution with the English the leaders at the time were disinclined to make English the official language. French, which at the time was a widely used language, was suggested as an official language. But people in general favored English. With more pressing issues facing the new nation they set the language issue aside and it was never settled.

UN dios debería ser capaz de hablar más de un idioma

C&O6084 · Unread post by **C&O6084** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:53 pm

In the late 1950's, during the mad race to make enough Moon Pizza to allow colonizing the Moon, there were some 45,000 NACX tank cars, owned by NACA, NASA's predecessor, that LOOKED boxcar red (iron oxide primer) but were, in fact, clear acrylic plastic (for sanitary reasons), and filled with pizza sauce.

Usually coupled to strings of coiled pepperoni cars (100T/3 miles) and Cheese-Slide (tm) covered hoppers.

SousaKerry · Unread post by **SousaKerry** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:56 pm

rettop wrote:Returning from the "Windy" along Indiana Tollway saw a single consist of white tank cars rolling west ; also saw a line of them waiting to head into the Whiting refineries. Are these the "new" tank car design and painted to distinquish them from the "oldies"?

You can't call em "White" anymore it's racist.. They are "pigmentally challanged"

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