For most of the steam and early diesel eras, tank cars followed a standard design: an 8,000-11,000 gallon tank perched on a flatcar-like underframe. Beginning in the mid-1950s, however, a new design took hold: the tank itself became the structural backbone of the car, eliminating the need for a full-length underframe and making bigger tank diameters possible. But not every shipper needed the much larger capacities that the new tank cars offered. Hence the advent of these “beer can” tank cars in the mid-1960s, with capacities similar to pre-war tankers. They proved ideal for customers who didn’t want larger shipments, and also for transporting a wide variety of heavier, denser liquids including industrial acids and foodstuffs. For modelers, they’re an ideal counterpoint to longer cars in a modern freight train.

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	CGTX
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001629	3002629
	GATX "SERVICE DRIVEN"
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	3001630	3002630
	HOOKER CHEMICALS (GATX)
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	3001631	3002631
	SOUTHERN STAR LARD
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	3001632	3002632
	UTLX
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	3001633	3002633
	WYANDOTTE CHEMICALS
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	3001634	3002634