SOEX tank car info? - Model Railroader Magazine

Conroe Creosoting Co, Conroe TX ca 1982

Retorts in which poles, pilkings, posts, etc pressure-treated.

My N-scale model based o n Conroe Creosoting-

Info on KOPPERS tank cars for creosote:

KPCX 3016 Koppers Coal Tar blt 1940s 1 dome 10,000 gallon

      listed 54 Register series 3000-3074. Homepoint: Folansbee, W.Va.

      "A Rolling Pipeline of Colorful Tank Cars: Classic

       Freight Cars Vol.2" p.50 color pix

     traffic note: Koppers has a tar products plant in Houston,

     others outside the region.

     and its own wood treating plants in

     Alexandria, LA      Crossett ARK            Fordyce, ARK

     Houston,TX          North Little Rock, ARK  Texarkana, TX

     per _Moody's Industrial Manual_ 1955

N model of Koppers tankcar used to deliver coal tas creosote.

Texarkana cresosote plant photrographed from Amtrak Texas Eagle, 1996:

Ties stacked for seasoning and air-drying before treatment

Narrow gauge trams used to carry wood to be preserved into retorts.

 Retort

Tanks (for creosote, diluting material such as petroleum, pressure tanks for steam?)

Gondolas (to carry outbound preserved rr ties?)