Bulk
Liquid Tankers
Bulk
liquids have been moved by rail since inception. The most common liquid moved
by rail is Petroleum. Originally moved in 4 gallon cans
loaded into open wagons, bulk tankers were introduced from the early 1930’s.
The variety of RTC’s is endless, but generally various designs of RTC’s were
built in batches and used by multiple oil companies.
Rail
Tank Car basic types: (Note - categories are nominal volumes)
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3000 gallon (13,638 litres) |
10,000 gallon (45,000 litres) |
59,000 – 63,000
litres |
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19xx Tulloch 19xx Clyde 1959 Comeng 1962 Comeng 1965 Tulloch |
1981 Indeng 1982 Goninan |
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4600 gallon (20,912 litres) |
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1955 Comeng 1955 Clyde Ex- BMT Milk Tanker |
64,000 – 67,000
litres |
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19xx Goninan 19xx Tulloch 1967 Comeng 1970 Comeng 1976 Indeng 1979 Indeng 1981 Goninan |
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5000 gallon (22,730 litres) |
10,500 gallon (47,733 litres) |
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19xx Clyde Morrison & Bearby 19xx Tulloch |
19xx Clyde 1964 Tulloch 19xx Goodwin |
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7000 gallon (31,822 litres) |
11,000 gallon (50,006 litres) |
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1959 Tulloch |
1959 Comeng 1962 Comeng 1963 Comeng 1966 Comeng |
70,000 plus litres |
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9000 gallon (40,914 litres) |
1977 Transrail 1979 Perry
Engineering |
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1932 Clyde 1935 Clyde 19xx Tulloch |
54,000 – 58,000
litres |
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1969 Comeng 19xx Tulloch |
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Tabulates
wagons used by each company between mid 1950’s until current day.
Milk Tankers
BMF/NTFA – Peter’s, Oak, Dairy
Farmers and NORCO tank wagons
Food Grade Tankers
NTOF – Cargill’s Food Oil Tanker
NTFF - McWilliams’s Brothers Wine Tankers
Gas Tankers
NTHF – BORAL ‘Speed-E-Gas’ LPG Tankers
NTHX – I.C.I Anhydrous Ammonia Tankers
NTBX – ‘Koppers’ Creosote Tank wagons