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AllaN01Bear

(28,233 posts) Tue Dec 2, 2025, 06:30 PM 18 hrs ago

re: black tank car mystery.

earlier i had asked a question of black tank cars and what do they carry. propane.
https://hh-today.com/so-whats-the-stuff-in-those-black-tanks/

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re: black tank car mystery. (Original Post) AllaN01Bear 18 hrs ago OP

Glad you solved the mystery Marthe48 18 hrs ago #1

hi ho. AllaN01Bear 18 hrs ago #2

Those, but not all.... getagrip_already 17 hrs ago #3

Marthe48

(22,473 posts)

1. Glad you solved the mystery

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 07:09 PM

18 hrs ago

You'd think that they'd use the same colors for all of the containers, large or small.

Like the terminals on the car chargers

AllaN01Bear

(28,233 posts)

2. hi ho.

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 07:18 PM

18 hrs ago

each checmical also has a placard as well. back

getagrip_already

(17,791 posts)

3. Those, but not all....

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 07:25 PM

17 hrs ago

Black tankers don't always contain lpg. They can carry anything from fuel oil to hot asphalt from places like the port of Newark.

The color of the car's means little.

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