In the new Lionel catalog they show various cars for the GATX Tank Train. Is that still in operation anywhere?
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Back in the 1980's Conrail had a Quaker State one from Canada to Syracuse NY. They also had the Cibro tank trains to Albany, NY
GATX still shows tanktrains on their website.
GATX
TankTrain™ System
A string of interconnected tank cars with flexible hoses, developed exclusively by GATX’s research and development team, allows for quick loading and unloading of commodities including crude petroleum oil, benzene, light fuel oil and phosphoric acid.
The GATX TankTrain™ System can be loaded
or unloaded at a rate of 3,000 gallons per minute.
A five-car string loads in just 90 minutes, while a
90-car train takes less than five hours.
It is THE way we get our heating oil in northern Vermont. There's a string of them in the VTR Burlington yard right now...
Jon 
prrhorseshoecurve posted:Back in the 1980's Conrail had a Quaker State one from Canada to Syracuse NY. ...
The coolest of them all ....
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MT's into the Marathon Refinery at Catlettsburg, Ky where I used to work, and Loads going out each day 24/7 year in and year out.....CSX was at one time, the Company's largest single Diesel Fuel Customer, that was when it was Ashland Oil and Refinining Company....
We used to make and ship all sorts of petrochemicals, but the new Company streamlined the plant as a straight through refining process. Kero/Diesel by barge/rail/truck. c3/c4 rail, and Ashphalt/Heavy Fuel Oil/barge/rail/truck....Petroleum Coke soon to start........!
Ebtjim is Right! It's one of the more colorful GATX TankTrain. I wish Lionel could make the set. Otherwise custom decals would be the way to go!
I believe the GATX Tank Train is still being used in Australia.
I am surprised the can concept wad not used in the Eagle Ford play in Texad.
BobbyD posted:In the new Lionel catalog they show various cars for the GATX Tank Train. Is that still in operation anywhere?
The GATX and CN tankers will be in operation on my new layout for sure!!! 
To see if there are TankTrain trains still in operation, you need to search on YouTube.
Andrew
