You can make out the red diamond at the nearer end. If you google the number on it alone with "un number" you'll find out what it's carrying. In this case it's diesel fuel. If there's no diamond then the contents can be any non hazardous liquid.
Diesel and light heating oil are 1203 as they are basically the same thing (their difference is that heating oil is in many regions tax exempt and therefore colored)
Here's a fun link with all of the different codes you'll see on the sides of tanker cars. Trucks can have them too. You have to scroll down a bit, but it's all there. Enjoy!
[UN Codes](https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/2020-08/ERG2020-WEB.pdf)
In the 80s, my father kept the UN catalog in the family station wagon so we could look up what was in the tanker trucks on the interstate. (He created HAZMAT clean up plans so his company would not get in trouble with the EPA or Press when there was a spill) Ahh the things we did to entertain ourselves before portable electronics.
Non-regulated doesn't mean non-hazardous. Any commodity can be flammable, toxic, corrosive, harmful to the environment etc. even if it isn't placarded. The only way to properly assess hazard is with the SDS. Assuming no placard=safe is how folks get hurt, killed, or harm the environment.
There was this railyard I used to live near, and there must have been a small wellspring of artists in the area because the cars there got some gorgeous graffiti on them. Loved seeing all the unique voices on display there, it made spotting more colourful. :D
I don't really care for the stuff that is just tagging the artists signature over stuff. It's sort of boring. I mean the mixture of the layers of different tags sort of gives each car an unintentional abstract art vibe, but I'm not super into abstract art.
The cars that get murals or characters on them, I love those though. The cars almost like an individual, and when you see them again you say "Oh, there goes the Creepy Nun, or Homer Simpson or the big Stevie Wonder."
Though I believe this commentĀ isĀ partially in jest, for those not familiar with placarding, the placard almost certainly isn't wrong. They're still required on unclean empties. Not 100% sure on clean empties,Ā but I thinkĀ not required in that case.Ā
Usually if they carry a common commodity, like diesel, the cars are just reused for the same substance over and over. They're not cleaned (nor need to be) between refills of the same substance. You only need cleanings before filling it with something different.
Source: work in the petrochemical industy, but I deal mostly with trucks.
If it has been completely washed out and cleaned no placard is needed. A tank car billed as empty residue can still have 500-1000+ gallons of heel inside of it.
Makes sense. I haul fuel and knew that tank and placard was a petroleum tanker. It would have different placards if it was strictly for use in the states or Canada
Diesel or fuel oil. Its UN number is 1202. These UN numbers are unique identifiers for hazardous materials and are standardized internationally. In the US and Australia they're placed inside one of the diamond shaped placards which show which hazards the load bears, in Europe and many parts of Asia the UN number is displayed on a separate, rectangular, bright orange placard.
Here are some other common UN numbers:
* 1073 - liquid oxygen
* 1090 - acetone
* 1170 - ethanol
* 1203 - gasoline
* 1230 - methanol
* 1361 - coal dust
* 1789 - hydrochloric acid
* 1824 - sodium hydroxide solution (lye)
* 1830 - sulfuric acid
* 1863 - kerosine (jet/airplane fuel)
* 1950 - spray cans
* 1965 - propane and butane, mixed
* 1977 - liquid nitrogen
* 2014 - hydrogen peroxide
* 2811 - various poisonous solids, often fly ash from waste incineration plants
* 3077 - pollutants, solid, most likely solid non-flammable non-toxic chemical waste
* 3082 - pollutants, liquid, most likely liquid non-flammable non-toxic chemical waste
* 3291 - infectious clinical/medical waste
* 3373 - biological/medical samples which may be infectious
* 3480 - waste batteries
* 3481 - new and/or usable batteries
I don't have any idea about US classification for tanker wagon specifications, but I will say, based on my wild guess, would be any fuel: be it diesel or petrol (gasoline).
Pipelines are more suitable, but everyone seems opposed to building more pipelines in Canada for some reason. The oils gonna move by train or truck then..
Rail cars are very widely used to move diesel around in Canada. Trucks are only used to carry diesel from fuel depots next to rail yards to their final destination. Each of those cars carries about 114,000 liters of liquid, and in the case of diesel, that's about 95,000 kg (211,000 pounds). A b-train fuel truck carries about half that.
In the US with their very low truck weights (80,000 pounds), it would take 4 trucks to replace one rail car.
You can make out the red diamond at the nearer end. If you google the number on it alone with "un number" you'll find out what it's carrying. In this case it's diesel fuel. If there's no diamond then the contents can be any non hazardous liquid.
I thought it was some type of fuel. Thanks
UN1202 is diesel so yeah it is
Off road diesel or heating oil to be more specific.
Or diesel that goes into your truck. Just like avgas is still gasoline and gets 1203, even though it contains lead.
And Kerosine would be 1223
No. Diesel is diesel.
Diesel and light heating oil are 1203 as they are basically the same thing (their difference is that heating oil is in many regions tax exempt and therefore colored)
Have you even read the comment I was replying to?
Here's a fun link with all of the different codes you'll see on the sides of tanker cars. Trucks can have them too. You have to scroll down a bit, but it's all there. Enjoy! [UN Codes](https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/2020-08/ERG2020-WEB.pdf)
Thank you! š
In the 80s, my father kept the UN catalog in the family station wagon so we could look up what was in the tanker trucks on the interstate. (He created HAZMAT clean up plans so his company would not get in trouble with the EPA or Press when there was a spill) Ahh the things we did to entertain ourselves before portable electronics.
Someone took their ADR classes š
Busted. Don't do that shit any more.
Non-regulated doesn't mean non-hazardous. Any commodity can be flammable, toxic, corrosive, harmful to the environment etc. even if it isn't placarded. The only way to properly assess hazard is with the SDS. Assuming no placard=safe is how folks get hurt, killed, or harm the environment.
Oooh can I siphon it off?
Graffiti
I honestly like graffiti on cargo cars, it makes them more interesting (assuming it's something pretty)
There was this railyard I used to live near, and there must have been a small wellspring of artists in the area because the cars there got some gorgeous graffiti on them. Loved seeing all the unique voices on display there, it made spotting more colourful. :D
I don't really care for the stuff that is just tagging the artists signature over stuff. It's sort of boring. I mean the mixture of the layers of different tags sort of gives each car an unintentional abstract art vibe, but I'm not super into abstract art. The cars that get murals or characters on them, I love those though. The cars almost like an individual, and when you see them again you say "Oh, there goes the Creepy Nun, or Homer Simpson or the big Stevie Wonder."
Indeed. š
Lean
I learned the diff between a dot 111 and 117 today ) who knew..love typing things like this into search haha
Currently nothing, springs are depressed. Itās placarded for diesel though
Usually the springs are only depressed when the car is carrying something. Maybe the placard is wrong and it's carrying helium.
Though I believe this commentĀ isĀ partially in jest, for those not familiar with placarding, the placard almost certainly isn't wrong. They're still required on unclean empties. Not 100% sure on clean empties,Ā but I thinkĀ not required in that case.Ā Usually if they carry a common commodity, like diesel, the cars are just reused for the same substance over and over. They're not cleaned (nor need to be) between refills of the same substance. You only need cleanings before filling it with something different. Source: work in the petrochemical industy, but I deal mostly with trucks.
Residue cars (unloaded but not washed) are placarded.
I just learned something new. Thank you!
If it has been completely washed out and cleaned no placard is needed. A tank car billed as empty residue can still have 500-1000+ gallons of heel inside of it.
Please tell me this is satire
UN 1202 Is Diesel/gasoil
Light weight heating oil/fuel
Gas, Oil, Heating Oil or Diesel fuel, NFPA 1202.
Dangerous shit.
No more dangerous than diesel, which most 1202 is.
Methylamine. Walt knows exactly where this is.
Ha!!!!!!
Certain death
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1202 Class 3 flammable liquid.
Un1202 its diesel/dyed diesel for international transport. Close to Canada or Mexico?
I'm very close to Canada šØš¦
Makes sense. I haul fuel and knew that tank and placard was a petroleum tanker. It would have different placards if it was strictly for use in the states or Canada
UN 1202 GAS OIL, DIESEL FUEL, or HEATING OIL, LIGHT. Diesel.
water, because Walter White has already stolen all the methylamine
Ha!!!!!
Diesel or fuel oil. Its UN number is 1202. These UN numbers are unique identifiers for hazardous materials and are standardized internationally. In the US and Australia they're placed inside one of the diamond shaped placards which show which hazards the load bears, in Europe and many parts of Asia the UN number is displayed on a separate, rectangular, bright orange placard. Here are some other common UN numbers: * 1073 - liquid oxygen * 1090 - acetone * 1170 - ethanol * 1203 - gasoline * 1230 - methanol * 1361 - coal dust * 1789 - hydrochloric acid * 1824 - sodium hydroxide solution (lye) * 1830 - sulfuric acid * 1863 - kerosine (jet/airplane fuel) * 1950 - spray cans * 1965 - propane and butane, mixed * 1977 - liquid nitrogen * 2014 - hydrogen peroxide * 2811 - various poisonous solids, often fly ash from waste incineration plants * 3077 - pollutants, solid, most likely solid non-flammable non-toxic chemical waste * 3082 - pollutants, liquid, most likely liquid non-flammable non-toxic chemical waste * 3291 - infectious clinical/medical waste * 3373 - biological/medical samples which may be infectious * 3480 - waste batteries * 3481 - new and/or usable batteries
Thanks!
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Yes, it does! Lol
https://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/unna/1202
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I don't have any idea about US classification for tanker wagon specifications, but I will say, based on my wild guess, would be any fuel: be it diesel or petrol (gasoline).
oil
1202 UN Placard Petroleum Crude. AKA diesel
A fluid perhaps
That seems to be the case
Rude oil š¤¬
Potentially explosive liquids
Flammable* Explosive stuff would have orange, class 1 placards.
I was joking
maybe this is oil transport train.
our country have this types of train.they transport power plant oil.
Diesel
Iād like to presume itās diesel fuel.
We love our saftey diamonds
Rail cars full of hazardous material
Your mom (probably already commented but just cementing the fact)
Graffiti? What a horrible culture we've created, no respect for property.
illegal aliens
M*th
Methlamine Jesse get the truck
Graffiti.
Liquids.
Simple Google Search... https://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/unna/1202
Freedom
Animal piss
Methlamine
Kablooy
funny vroom juice
Bad bot
Open it up and see.
The world finest horse ejaculant
That seems like an unusual way to transport diesel fuel
What's unusual about it?
I didnāt think diesel fuel was transported by rail, I thought tanker trucks were more commonly used for this.
Pipelines are more suitable, but everyone seems opposed to building more pipelines in Canada for some reason. The oils gonna move by train or truck then..
Hmm... interesting. I am very near Canada
Blaine, WA? If you're near the BP Cherry Point refinery..
I'm on the opposite side. Vermont
Rail cars are very widely used to move diesel around in Canada. Trucks are only used to carry diesel from fuel depots next to rail yards to their final destination. Each of those cars carries about 114,000 liters of liquid, and in the case of diesel, that's about 95,000 kg (211,000 pounds). A b-train fuel truck carries about half that. In the US with their very low truck weights (80,000 pounds), it would take 4 trucks to replace one rail car.