Acid carriage (6).
Acid container cars being shunted on my model railroad. Models of acid carrying wagons.
The same type of car is on display at the Danish National Railway Museum in Odense, Denmark.
| Many industries rely on acids, and the ceramic jars used in transport are a special clay that is impervious to attack by these agents. The railway cars have a special framework to cradle the jars so they will not be damaged in transit. The jars are around 0.9 metres in diameter, and 1.8 metres tall. Each contains up to 900 litres with appropriately fitted lids. These jars would have to lifted by crane for loading and unloading. The acid jar shown below is a typical 200 gallon type, standing about five feet high. This example is preserved at 'Catalyst' the museum of Chemical Industry (Mersey Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 0DF, UK). |  |
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The view from the top of an acid jar wagon. The lids are of the same material as the jar, and probably screwed or bayoneted into the top of the jar. The lids appear to be sealed with pitch or product resistant to acid.
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