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Tank that's half gon

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Evan_Werkema


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Registered: March 2003
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Scrapyards with rail connections often end up using some of the railroad equipment sent to them for scrapping. Gondolas for moving scrap around the yard are probably the most common...even if they weren't gondolas to begin with! Here's the bottom half of GCTX tank car 113098 serving out its last months as a gondola. Scrapyard cars live a hard life, and are soon too beat up even for the yard to use.
· Date: Sun April 24, 2005 · Views: 3454 · Filesize: 75.3kb · Dimensions: 700 x 458 ·
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Rating: ********** 9.50
Keywords: tank car, gondola, scrapyard
Location: Richmond, CA
Railroad: December 27, 1997
Locomotive/Train: April 2005 Contest: Old Freight Cars
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Registered: July 2004
Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Mon April 25, 2005 4:08am Rating: 10 

Wow! I've seen scrap hoppers and coal cars used for scrap, but this is just too cool!

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Tue April 26, 2005 3:44am Rating: 8 

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Fri May 13, 2005 12:34am

Did you intend for the caption to be a pun?

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Fri May 13, 2005 10:29pm Rating: 10 

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funnelfan

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Registered: February 2003
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Mon May 16, 2005 12:16am Rating: 10 

Wow, that must be a scrap yeard, as I doubt any self respecting railroad would allow something like that on their mainline. Besides, froma engineering standpoint, that car is severly weakend due tot he tube structure of the tank have been comprimised. It wouldn't take much for the barrel of the car to collapse.

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Sun May 22, 2005 10:54am

Yes, Sims MetalAmerica is a scrapyard in Richmond, CA. The car also appears to be missing its brake rigging and end platforms, which also renders it somewhat unfit for mainline service.

And yes, the pun in the title was intended.
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Tue July 5, 2005 10:49pm Rating: 10 

A great catch
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