07-17-2011, 09:24 AM
Mark, I'm not sure that a company making cake mixes would also be a bakery. They would be more likely to make bread mixes, packaged flour, and/or cereal. I think that even large companies like General Foods that make both baked goods and various mixes use completely separate facilities for each product type.
On your Athearn tank cars what are they stenciled for? Typically tank cars will have a stencil on the tank showing what they are to be loaded with. If they haul petroleum products they will usually have a stencil showing the lading and "Flamable" placards, if they haul acid, they will be stenciled and have a placard that says "Corrosive." They might put different types of oil in a tank car, but they would never load oil for one trip and back haul acid for instance due to the possibility of contaminating a future load of motor oil. Tank cars hauling food products, would never haul petroleum or acid or other chemicals.
On your Athearn tank cars what are they stenciled for? Typically tank cars will have a stencil on the tank showing what they are to be loaded with. If they haul petroleum products they will usually have a stencil showing the lading and "Flamable" placards, if they haul acid, they will be stenciled and have a placard that says "Corrosive." They might put different types of oil in a tank car, but they would never load oil for one trip and back haul acid for instance due to the possibility of contaminating a future load of motor oil. Tank cars hauling food products, would never haul petroleum or acid or other chemicals.