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Date Photographed

4 October 1999

Many freight cars and a few locomotives at the Schiller Park yard, and a few stopped near the O'Hare Transfer station.

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Dow Chemical 70806 Tank car in the Schiller Park north yard leads.

DOWX 70806, DOWX, Tank cars, Freight cars, photographed on 4 October 1999 at Schiller Park north yard leads by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/10/99a04204.jpg] NEW 7 October 1999

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Equipment characteristics of DOWX 70806: AAR car type T106 (tank car), plate type C, tare weight 70,100 pounds, total gross weight allowed 286,000 pounds, load limit 215,900 pounds, wet capacity 23,696, external dimensions (length 64' 0", width 10' 8", height 15' 2"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

Railcar fleet details for DOWX 70806: Tank Car, Mechanical Designation: T; Outside Length: 64 ft 0 in; AAR Car Type Code: T106; Outside Extreme Width: 10 ft 8 in; Outside Extreme Height: 15 ft 2 in; Height of Extreme Width: 8 ft 2 in; Plate Clearance: C; Star Stencil: M; Compartments: 1; Draft Gear: 77; Tare Weight: 70,100 lbs.; Rate per Mile: 0.904. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, November 1999]

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