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Pictures of DUPX 12405
Owner:
Du Pont De Nemours and Company Incorporated
Type:
Tank Car
AAR Class:
T
: Tank Car. Tank car means any car which is used only for the transportation of liquids, liquefied gases, compressed gases, or solids that are liquefied prior to unloading. Car may be without underframe if container serving as superstructure is designed to serve as underframe. If car has underframe, it must be designed only for the carriage of one or more enclosed containers (with or without compartments) that form the superstructure and are integral parts of the car.
AAR Type:
T109
Detail Info:
Tank Cars, General Service Cars, Carbon Steel Tank (Welded or Riveted), Includes Rubber Lined.
AAR 203,203W,211A60W1,211A100W1,211J100W1.
ICC or DOT 103,103W,104W,111A60W1,111A100W1,111A100W3,111A100W4
, Capacity: over 32,000 gal
Plate:
C
Max Gross Weight:
526000
Load Limit:
364000
Liquid Capacity:
38273
Ext L/W/H:
92' 7" / 10' 1" / 15' 6"
User Notes:
1153; 8 axles; Blt 6/70;
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Title:
DUPX Tank Car 12405
Description:
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours 8-axle tank car DUPX 12405&was one of five cars built by AMF in May and June 1970 as DUPX 12401-12405. Most photos of these cars show their later appearance, after their insulation and outer jacket had been removed and the cars went into ethylene glycol service; but this image illustrates their original, insulated appearance. As built, this 38,273-gallon car had a LT WT of 162,000 pounds and a LD LMT of 364,000 for a gross rail load of 526,000; but removing the jacket reduced its LT WT to 143,200 pounds and increased its LD LMT to 382,800. Car 12403 disappeared from the
Equipment Register
in April 1991, but the other four operated into the 21st century. They finally went into storage in December 2007 and were scrapped by Schnitzer Steel in January 2010. The 12405 was dismantled at Dothan, Alabama while the other three were cut up at Cartersville, Georgia.
Photo Date:
3/10/1973
Upload Date:
12/1/2020 1:30:00 PM
Location:
Thorndale, PA
Author:
CRAIG T. BOSSLER image
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
332
Comments:
0
Title:
DUPX 12405
Description:
Photo Date:
4/1/1998
Upload Date:
8/11/2008 8:36:02 AM
Location:
Tallahassee, FL
Author:
G Gerard
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
913
Comments:
1
Title:
DUPX 12405
Description:
This large sized tank car has more than the usual amount of axles to accomodate its size, seen here in Hamlet leaving the yard
Photo Date:
1/19/2007
Upload Date:
1/1/2009 11:04:17 AM
Location:
Hamlet, NC
Author:
Steve Heelis
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
413
Comments:
1
Title:
8 axle tank car seen
Description:
An 8 axle tank car, sometimes referred to as a "Whale on Rails", is seen in Columbia AL on the Chattahoochee Bay RR. Information from the past few weeks indicates that many, if not all, of these cars are being retired and scrapped. This one is stenciled "Do Not Load. Moving to be Dismantled" which seems to verify this. There capacity in enormous, this one having a load limit of 382,800 pounds and able to carry over 38,000 gallons. For perspective, a large over the road truck used to deliver gasoline usually holds around 9000 gallons.
Photo Date:
12/10/2009
Upload Date:
12/11/2009 3:54:08 PM
Location:
Columbia, AL
Author:
Bryan Smith
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
3467
Comments:
2
Title:
8 axle tank car seen
Description:
This shot shows the enormous capacities of this 8 axle tank car. These numbers would indicate that a fully loaded car would weigh a total in excess of 525,000 pounds!!! Or roughly 260 tons. This shot also shows the sad news that the car appears to be at the end of the road.
Photo Date:
12/10/2009
Upload Date:
12/11/2009 3:55:53 PM
Location:
Columbia, AL
Author:
Bryan Smith
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
883
Comments:
0
Title:
8 axle tank car seen
Description:
This shot shows the date this car was built, June 1970. These cars are being retired now. Is it due to old age or have they become too expensive to maintain in comparison to a newer car???
Photo Date:
12/10/2009
Upload Date:
12/11/2009 3:56:22 PM
Location:
Columbia, AL
Author:
Bryan Smith
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
752
Comments:
0
Title:
8 axle tank car seen
Description:
An 8 axle tank car, sometimes referred to as a "Whale on Rails", is seen in Columbia AL on the Chattahoochee Bay RR. Information from the past few weeks indicates that many, if not all, of these cars are being retired and scrapped. This one is stenciled "Do Not Load. Moving to be Dismantled" which seems to verify this. There capacity in enormous, this one having a load limit of 382,800 pounds and able to carry over 38,000 gallons. For perspective, a large over the road truck used to deliver gasoline usually holds around 9000 gallons.
Photo Date:
12/10/2009
Upload Date:
12/11/2009 3:54:58 PM
Location:
Columbia, AL
Author:
Bryan Smith
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
810
Comments:
1
Title:
8 axle tank car seen
Description:
This shot shows the capacity in gallons of this mammoth car. A typical tanker truck used to deliver gasoline holds around 9000 gallons meaning this one rail car holds more than 4 over the road tanker trucks. Amazing.
Photo Date:
12/10/2009
Upload Date:
12/11/2009 3:56:42 PM
Location:
Columbia, AL
Author:
Bryan Smith
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
625
Comments:
0
Title:
Handbrake area of an 8 axle tank car seen
Description:
This shot shows the handbrake area of an 8 axle tank car seen recently in Columbia AL. Note the chain has a "splitter" that seems to allow the hand brake to be set on both sets of trucks under this end of the car.
Photo Date:
12/10/2009
Upload Date:
12/11/2009 3:55:15 PM
Location:
Columbia, AL
Author:
Bryan Smith
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
892
Comments:
1
Title:
8 axle tank car seen
Description:
An 8 axle tank car, sometimes referred to as a "Whale on Rails", is seen in Columbia AL on the Chattahoochee Bay RR. Information from the past few weeks indicates that many, if not all, of these cars are being retired and scrapped. This one is stenciled "Do Not Load. Moving to be Dismantled" which seems to verify this. There capacity in enormous, this one having a load limit of 382,800 pounds and able to carry over 38,000 gallons. For perspective, a large over the road truck used to deliver gasoline usually holds around 9000 gallons.
Photo Date:
12/10/2009
Upload Date:
12/11/2009 3:54:38 PM
Location:
Columbia, AL
Author:
Bryan Smith
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
1007
Comments:
3
Title:
DuPont (DUPX) #12405, in a storage track awaiting placement for demolition,
Description:
DUPX #12405, with a capacity of 38,273 gallons, a load limit of 382,800 pounds and a light weight of 143,200 pounds in a 92 foot long, 8 axle tank car
Photo Date:
12/28/2009
Upload Date:
12/30/2011 11:10:14 PM
Location:
Columbia, AL
Author:
Bernie Feltman
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
385
Comments:
3
Title:
DuPont (DUPX) #12405, in a storage track awaiting placement for demolition,
Description:
DUPX #12405, with a capacity of 38,273 gallons, a load limit of 382,800 pounds and a light weight of 143,200 pounds in a 92 foot long, 8 axle tank car
Photo Date:
12/28/2009
Upload Date:
12/30/2011 11:10:11 PM
Location:
Columbia, AL
Author:
Bernie Feltman
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
329
Comments:
3
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