16,000 Gallon Funnel-Flow Tank Car

General American Marks Company  GATX 90657

A Fave Of The Food, Chemical And Paper Industries.

Developed by the Union Tank Car Company during the 1960s, Funnel-Flow cars carry all kinds of liquids and slurries (mixtures of water and other materials) that can be unloaded by gravity.

The entire tank is slightly lower in the middle so, as with a funnel, the contents flow towards the lowest point ensuring faster, more complete unloading.

Funnel-Flow tank cars come in several lengths; dense, heavy liquids are shipped in shorter cars; lighter fluids move in the 54-footers.

Many cars that haul thick liquids such as asphalt, molten sulfur and corn syrup, are outfitted with internal heating coils to reheat the contents for faster unloading .

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