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  2. DOT-111 tank car - Wikipedia

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    Two different 111A100W1 specification tank cars, both with 263,000-pound (119,000 kg) gross rail load. On the left is a 27,399-US-gallon (103,716 L; 22,814.4 imp gal) capacity tank car with a load limit of 196,500 pounds (89,100 kg), making it suitable for low specific gravity liquids. On the right, a lighter, smaller 16,640-US-gallon (62,989 L ...

  3. DOT-117 tank car - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing construction of the DOT 117 tank car. The DOT-117 (TC-117 in Canada) is a type of unpressurized tank car in use on North American railroads. The DOT-117 design was developed in the aftermath of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013 in an effort to upgrade the specifications of the then-common DOT-111 and CPC-1232 designs. [1]

  4. Tank car - Wikipedia

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    The car's underframe included all of the modern facets of freight car design including roller bearing trucks and cushioning devices built by FreightMaster, while the tank that rode on it, made of Douglas fir, had a capacity of 17,100 US gallons (65 m 3; 14,200 imp gal). The car, in what has been called 'the largest wooden tank car ever built ...

  5. Petroleum transport - Wikipedia

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    Trains can carry a massive amount of this oil by using multiple tank cars. Though each rail car holds a lot less oil than a large marine tanker vessel, when multiple are used a lot of oil can be transported. For example, the DOT-111 tank car is a very common tank car and can hold 131 cubic metres (820 bbl; 35,000 US gal). [8]

  6. Tank truck - Wikipedia

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    A tank truck, gas truck, fuel truck, or tanker truck (American English) or tanker (British English) is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquids or gases on roads. The largest such vehicles are similar to railroad tank cars, which are also designed to carry liquid loads. Many variants exist due to the wide variety of liquids that can be ...

  7. Liquid-hydrogen tank car - Wikipedia

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    The pressure within the tank is 25 psi (170 kPa) or lower [3] [4] with a temperature below 20.27 K (−423.17 °F or −252.87 °C) and a boil-off rate of 0.3% to 0.6% per day [5] The tank is double walled like a vacuum flask with multi-layer insulation, with the valves and fittings enclosed in a cabinet at the lower side or end of the car.

  8. Voters in Monroe County, Mich., elected a convict who will ...

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    Mark Brant, a newly elected county commissioner in Michigan, is eager to serve constituents from federal prison. "My phone will be available."

  9. List of White Pass and Yukon Route locomotives and cars ...

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    Due to the progress of World War I, this order was changed, and 500 standard gauge 7000-7020 nominal gal. tank cars were delivered to the Ordnance Department. [145] Under Army ownership, car wrecked and repaired, the repair reducing its capacity to 6,672 gallons. [146] Tank mounted on WP&YR Flatcar #319 in 1944 (USA 27). [147]