WANDA PETROLEUM - HOUSTON TX - LPG / LIQUIFIED PROPANE 33K TANK CAR HO SCALE NEW

Description: ATLAS Ready-To-RunHO Scale This is a 33K Gallon BUTANE / ANHYDROUS AMMONIA / LIQUIFIED PROPANE GAS TANK CAR Out - Of - ProductionDISCONTINUED by the Manufacturer Lettered for:WANDA PETROLEUM Has the " BUTANE / PROPANE " Letteringwith the " HOUSTON TEXAS " LetteringFeaturing the " BLACK underside" PAINT SCHEME These big cars haul compressed liquefied petroleum gas. You'll find them loading out at refineries and unloading at regional propane distributors. Other loads include industrial and petrochemical gases such as butane and anhydrous ammonia (used for fertilizer). They'll look great in your oil industry, moving as bridge traffic, or waiting to be unloaded in a small town scene. Liquified Petroleum Gas :While it is a gas at room temperature and atmospheric pressure propane does not require massive pressure to be compressed into a liquid, 177 PSI will do it at 100 F. This means that tanks capable of containing liquified propane can be constructed relatively easily. For comparison, even at over 3,000 PSI natural gas is still a gas, and it requires much stronger (heavier and expensive) tanks to hold it. Cooling the gas makes it liquify at a lower pressure, but then you have the expense and complexity of the refrigeration system.When stored in tanks or railcars and at loading/unloading facilities propane is kept as a liquid. When delivered by truck and stored in tanks at the end user's facility it is kept as a liquid. It is only allowed to expand into a gas when it flows through the regulating valve out of the tank, heading to whatever appliance will burn it. Some locations have large underground caverns (usually left over from salt mining) that are used to store propane or other gases. A propane leak is similar to a natural gas leak, but the main difference is that propane is heavier than air (natural gas is lighter and floats away) so it will accumulate in underground spaces. That is why propane powered vehicles are not allowed in underground parking. If either kind of gas leak encounters a ignition source watch out!Any tank car of combustible gas or liquid is a rolling time bomb if the right conditions are met, but propane is more dangerous because it will boil and expand into gas at a much lower temperature than gasoline or other fuels. You have probably heard the term BLEVE before (boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion). This is where a intact tank is exposed to heat (ie a tank car of propane sitting in a fire at a derailment) until either the tank weakens and fails, the contents build up enough pressure that the tank is not strong enough to contain them anymore, or some combination of both. One the breaking point is reached the formerly liquid propane flashes into a rapidly expanding cloud of gas, which also mixes with air and ignites at the same time. Instant fireball. Tanks have safety valves, the idea being to allow the contents to vent/burn at a slow, safe rate. But if the tank is rapidly being heated the flaring can't keep up. No idea why some tank cars are different colours. Out here the main tank car owner (Procor) has black, white, green, blue and even a few yellow cars. Doesn't seem to be any real rhyme or reason to it, although the majority of tank cars are black and the green ones only seem to haul glycol. LINE FEATURES:Accurately Scaled from engineering DrawingsCrisp, Detailed, realistic letteringLettering Matched to prototype photographsIndustry standard NMRA couplers includedRALISTIC Satin paint finish WALKWAYS Standard Draft gear box Detailed engineering plastic truck sideframesLow-friction, nonmagnetic, needlepoint metal axlesNo lubrication required Magnetically operated, body mounted couplersAdded Weight for optimum tracking EXTREMELY Hard to Find item SHIPPING: We do combine shipping on multiple purchases. If you do a Buy It Now the transaction requires immediate payment for each item separately. What you need to do is put it in the shopping cart and then when you go to checkout it will recalculate the shipping and combine the items for you. If you pay first I am unable to make any adjustment because ebay has then taken its fees on the shipping as well. If you have a concern message me and I can work something out for you. THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED Item The item is NEW in the original box from old stock PERSONAL INVENTORY: Many of these unique items are from my personal inventory which was accumulated over the years. They are hard to part with but due to downsizing in retirement they too are looking for a good home which can appreciate and enjoy them. STORE INVENTORY: Having discontinued my Hobby Store and left frigid “Minne-Snow-Da” I have relocated and retired to the warmer part of the country, Down to Sunny TEXAS. I will be Liquidating the remaining stock. I will be listing items over the next year or so clearing them out. Please see the photos we take actual photos of each item Most of these items are New in the box removed only to take photos of them.

Price: 69.95 USD

Location: Van, Texas

End Time: 2025-01-14T18:57:11.000Z

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