37 CARS • 6 AXLES • ASF or BUCKEYE TRUCKS
ACF Industries Lot No. 18-13181, Nov 1966
93,000 pounds Light Weight
301,000 pounds Load Limit
394,000 pounds Gross Weight
22,500 gallons
AAR Class : T106 (welded steel tank)
Specification No. : ICC 111-A-100-W-1
Plate C
Built for Monsanto Chemical Co.
Used for Elemental Phosphorous service
Listed in Official Railway Equipment Register : APR 1966-OCT 1992
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Apr 66-Jan 69 |
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| 36 |
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Apr 69-Apr 71 |
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| 35 |
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Jul 71-Jan 73 |
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| 34 |
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Apr 73-Apr 79 |
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| 32 |
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Jul 79-Jul 86 |
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Oct 86-Jul 90 |
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| 28 |
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Oct 90 |
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| 20 |
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Jan 91-Oct 91 |
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| 11 |
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Jan 92-Oct 92 |
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These cars had the lowest gallonage of any RailWhales, which is not surprising since elemental phosphorous was the densest substance shipped in these cars. It is 80% more dense than water and 10% denser than tetraethyl lead. Monsanto produces elemental phosphorous at Soda Springs, ID – on the Union Pacific – using locally-mined phosphate ore, so this may have been where these cars originated. Elemental phosphorus is found in soft drinks, toothpaste, baking and leavening agents, water treatment chemicals, insecticides, and herbicides such including Monsanto's Roundup brand.
These cars were built with MCPX reporting marks; but between the OCT 1967 and JAN 1973 issues of the ORER, the last three cars (23034-23036) were listed with MONX reportig marks. Images show these cars with both American Steel Foundries and Buckeye trucks. It looks like the cars originally had the former and that at least some of them were refitted with the latter, but there isn't enough evidence to say for sure. As the table on the left shows, 90% of the cars were still listed in the ORER after 20 years, and the last 11 cars disappeared after 26 years.
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