First aluminum tank car, consisting of 8000 gal Alcoa aluminum tank mounted on conventional steel underframe and trucks, was built in 1928 at Sharon, Pa, plant of General American Transportation Corp, and used initially for shipment of glacial acetic acid by Niacet Chemical Co.


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    Title :

    Aluminum tank gives record service


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 119 , n 10


    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :