DUPX 29423 • Michael M. Palmieri • NOPB • New Orleans area • 20 February 1989

A pair of DUPX 29400-series cars were bringing up the rear of a transfer run from the CSX to the Union Pacific, and both of them were lettered for HEXAMETHYLENEDIAMINE SOLUTION.  The DUPX 29400- and 29500- series 6-axle cars had a flat clearance panel on each side of their tanks, while the 29600-series cars did not.  None of the DUPX 8-axle cars had clearance panels.

40 CARS • 6 AXLES • BUCKEYE TRUCKS

General American Transportation, April 1970

127,000 pounds Light Weight

267,000 pounds Load Limit

394,000 pounds Gross Weight

39,200 gallons

90-03 Outside Length

15-06 Outside Extreme Height

10-08 Outside Extreme Width

AAR Class : T109 (welded steel tank)

Specification : DOT 111-A-100-W-1

Plate C

Built for E.I. DuPont de Nemours Co., Inc.

Initial service unknown, later used for Hexamethylenediamine.

Listed in Official Railway Equipment Register : APR 1969-JAN 2005

DUPX 29400	Patrick Harris	New Orleans, LA   11/09/1995
DUPX 29421	Michael Palmieri	New Orleans, LA   06/12/1977
DUPX 29423	Michael Palmieri	Jefferson, LA   02/20/1989
DUPX 29439	Craig Zeni	Hamlet, NC   03/18/2000

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