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This is my first time noticing this type of tank car on train #550 to the Camrose Sub (and ultimately, the Brazeau Sub). I would later see these delivered to the then Union Carbide plant (Soon to be Dow Chemical) at Prentiss, near Red Deer. 
I can't be certain, but the car appears to be empty.
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Caption: This is my first time noticing this type of tank car on train #550 to the Camrose Sub (and ultimately, the Brazeau Sub). I would later see these delivered to the then Union Carbide plant (Soon to be Dow Chemical) at Prentiss, near Red Deer. I can't be certain, but the car appears to be empty.

Photographer:
Steve Young [781] (more) (contact)
Date: 10/06/1994 (search)
Railway: Other (search)
Reporting Marks: RAIX 4312 (search)
Train Symbol: #550 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: East Junction/ Wainwright Sub (search)
City/Town: Edmonton (search)
Province: Alberta (search)
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2 Comments
  1. I wasn’t aware that these monsters were used in Canada. They, along with a six axle trucked cousins, were given some interesting nick names… I believe pictured were call ‘H-bombs’ and the smaller (lol) six axles were ‘A-bombs’. Recall seeing them in the US often (Conrail in PA), but never Canada. Nice catch, Steve.

  2. Apparently, this was not to only area where they were used (I don’t know the other destination of these cars), but this web site indicates that they were regularly used in Montreal, too.

    http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/railwhales/

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