NGT6 1315 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi all, There's another question related to present stock use in Japan which came up. I was wondering which types of tank wagons are currently seeing regular use, apart from the TAKI 1000s. I'd be happy if someone could shed some light on this matter :) . Cheers, Dom Link to comment
katoftw Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Taki 43000s, 35000s, and you probably find some 14300s still rolling around. Edited January 3, 2015 by katoftw Link to comment
Nick_Burman Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Taki 43000s, 35000s, and you probably find some 14300s still rolling around. I think there are some 5450s and 7750s still rolling around, mainly in northern Japan. But I might be wrong. Most of the older tank cars have been moved to Hokkaido, judging by some films one sees in YouTube... Cheers NB Link to comment
bikkuri bahn Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Most of the older tank cars have been moved to Hokkaido, judging by some films one sees in YouTube... No longer. Transport of petroleum products by rail ended in May last year in Hokkaido (with the closing of the JX Muroran refinery). It all goes by truck now. Link to comment
Nick_Burman Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 No longer. Transport of petroleum products by rail ended in May last year in Hokkaido (with the closing of the JX Muroran refinery). It all goes by truck now. Was the Muroran refinery the only rail-connected one in the island? Cheers NB Link to comment
Welshbloke Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Bit of a resurrection, but I'm trying to make sense of the same thing. As I understand it the tankers tend to stick together - as in you'll see a train of green and grey tankers or a train of deep blue ones, but they don't seem to mix much? Are the Taki 1000 and 43000 mixed freely or are they used on different traffic flows? I've seen both in the same colours in model form but not found many photos. Link to comment
kvp Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 You mean like here? http://blog.railmec.info/?p=2077 I don't really know if this was common practice, since they have different top speeds. Link to comment
bikkuri bahn Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) As tank trains tend to move in dedicated formations to dedicated customers, they typically consist of single, or perhaps two types, though I have seen pictures of trains with three or more different liveries. You will see more mixed types in yards and on the trains of port/short lines that deliver them to/from their final destinations/origin points, typically large and/or numerous customers in kombinato industrial areas, such as at Negishi in Yokohama or the area served by the Keiyo Port Railway in Chiba. Edited May 25, 2015 by bikkuri bahn Link to comment
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