02-19-2010, 12:50 PM
Sumpter250 Wrote:KevinKrey Wrote:I also have another area on the layout with two spurs, and Im not completly sure what will go here, but would there be a need for a tank car at a paper plant?There is a "slurry", the name of which I can't remember at this moment, that is used to coat paper for some printing purposes. It's transported in tank cars.
That would be kaolin, Pete, a type of clay. At one time, it also moved in boxcars and, I believe, covered hoppers, although obviously not as a slurry.
Wayne