The name of the chemical plant was Van Stratten Chemical and was located in
North Aurora, just north of the I-88 overpass. It is still a chemical
company today, but do not recall the name as it has changed hands a couple
of times.
----- Original Message -----
From: Virginia Edgar <vje68@h...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:24 AM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: UTLX tnk car ladings
>
> John - "Foodstuffs" inc. milk, edible oils etc. had/have special cars due
to
> contamination, etc. They use glass & other linings. Acids & the like ditto
> due to corrosion problems. Standard unlined, steel tank cars which made
up
> so much of the consists in the Q's hey day would typically carry petroleum
> products & derivatives, non-corrosive or non-alkali chemicals, etc.
Contact
> me off list & I can give you details from an old UTLX book I have. Knowing
a
> car content is, as you noted, important to markings on a tank to be
modeled
> as well as the appropriate weathering. A purely RR tie-in, inc. Q's MoW,
is
> differ- entiating those work train tanks carrying potable water vs. fuel
> oil, etc. Note: well into BN time, a notable user of old UTLX & GATX tank
> cars on the ex-Q West Chicago branch was the industrial chemicals plant on
N
> side of Aurora who's name escapes me - saw 40's built cars there in
1980's.
> Also some ex-UTLX tanks ended up in the Q's, and other RR's, MoW service
> upon revenue retirement. Gerald vje68@h...
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.
> http://www.hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
|