Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is one product BNSF carries in tank cars. It's made by distilling sugars from corn and is used as an auto fuel additive. Most vehicles sold in the United States can run on gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol.

Whether you’re shipping one carload or multiple carloads, BNSF’s individual railcar service offers you consistent, reliable and cost-effective service. Through this service, you can access the most efficient and fluid rail network in North America directly to/from your facility.

Tank cars are generally divided into three classifications: • Low-Pressure (General Service) Cars: • Tank test pressures up to 100 psi (1/5 of tank burst pressure) • Working pressures up to 165 psi (will explain later) • For Hazardous and Non-Hazardous commodities • Pressure Cars:

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Railcars you'll see on BNSF trains include: Hoppers carrying agricultural or industrial products; Boxcars for industrial or consumer goods; Intermodal flatcars carrying containers or truck trailers; Centerbeam flatcars carrying lumber or steel; Tank cars carrying liquids or gasses; Gondolas carrying coal, aggregates, ores or scrap metal

Oct 20, 2008 · BNSF has tank cars of BN and ATSF heritage. Some have been repainted into the new BNSF scheme. Besides the former BN fuel-tenders, what does BNSF use their tank cars for, general revenue service like shipper-owned cars, or specialized in-company use?

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Nov 1, 2013 · Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) built a tank car to use for firefighting operations along the vast stretch of tracks that the company operates throughout the country.

at approx. 1736 hrs on the tehachapi railcam, i saw a n/b 3x2x3 bnsf dpu'd tank car train. 2 questions: 1. was this an ethanol or oil train? 2. i noticed the 1st half of the train had 1 buffer car behind the head end power and 1 buffer car in front of the mid-train dpu's.

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