Monday at Dolton for Monday
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýMike, ? (catching up a bit). ? That bottle train.? What commodities are carried in a bottle car instead of a regular tank car? ? Phil Burton ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Tisdale via Groups.Io
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 10:31 PM To: [email protected]; Observation Car <observationcar@...> Subject: [ObservationCar] Monday at Dolton for Monday ? An April Monday in Dolton, Illinois proved excellent for train watching: ? ?
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Bottle cars Carry molton steel from the furnaces to a manufacturer. I would like more details myself. G. Kelley Arlington Tx -----Original Message----- From: Phil Burton <philip-b@...> To: ObservationCar <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Mar 30, 2020 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [ObservationCar] Monday at Dolton for Monday Mike, ? (catching up a bit). ? That bottle train.? What commodities are carried in a bottle car instead of a regular tank car? ? Phil Burton ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Tisdale via Groups.Io ? An April Monday in Dolton, Illinois proved excellent for train watching: ? ?
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Sam Carlson probably knows where, exactly, the bottle car train goes to and from.? I know at Dolton it turns northwest on the old Panhandle (PRR) line that used to cross the C&EI and IHB at a 45 degree angle and winds up at at its destination, which? Checking Google Maps, in the aerial photo image, you can see the bottle train heading back empty on the old Panhandle?? If you follow the line, which parallels and then crosses the CSX/B&OCT line heading to Barr Yard, you will see that it goes to a steel manufacturing facility on a thumb sticking into the Little Calument River north east of Barr Yard.? Right where the B&OCT and Panhandle split, the cross under the IC/CN/Metra line.?? You can see more bottle cars stored in the yard by the steel plant. I added Sam, my guide for the day, to this thread to see what insight he can give us.?? Mike Tisdale
On Monday, March 30, 2020, 08:56:29 PM PDT, Gerard Kelley via Groups.Io <gerterkell@...> wrote:
Phil, Bottle cars Carry molton steel from the furnaces to a manufacturer. I would like more details myself. G. Kelley Arlington Tx -----Original Message----- From: Phil Burton <philip-b@...> To: ObservationCar <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Mar 30, 2020 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [ObservationCar] Monday at Dolton for Monday Mike, ? (catching up a bit). ? That bottle train.? What commodities are carried in a bottle car instead of a regular tank car? ? Phil Burton ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Tisdale via Groups.Io ? An April Monday in Dolton, Illinois proved excellent for train watching: ? ?
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