paint factory

[TTRAK_andrew]

G'day All, Titanium Dioxide slurry is a notably rail carried ingredient of paint. One paint manufacturer I `surfed up' a few years ago had rail sidings for several tank cars stenciled with "titanium dioxide". I was able to find it on Google and/or Bing maps (urban California location) and there were two tracks with three or four car capacity on each track.
At present I have been able to locate a Sherwin-Williams plant at:
1891 Duffy Rd, Fernley, NV 89408
that shows multiple tank and hopper cars.

There are nice paint schemes for the tank-cars used in the present day:

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plus decals are available in HO and N scales:

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An overall survey of paint production form the rail point of view (albeit British) can be found at:

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This is a very useful web-site for introductory articles on rail served industries - from a British point of view:

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Hope that this helps,
Andrew G.