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Re: (erielack) team tracks without platforms



It can also be shipped in jacketed tank cars as a solid.  When it
arrives, steam is piped into the jacket to melt it.  Takes a while,
though...

- --- jguthrie_@_pipeline.com wrote:

> I believe tar would come in a box car -- in bricks, would it not?
> 
> IIRC, it gets thrown into a heater, melted, then used in paving and
> other jobs, and hardened again when cooled.
> 
> Except on hot days when it stuck to your shoes and left tracks on
> Mom's carpet . . . 

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey

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