I finished up this specialized intermodal container today. These half-height frames contain a series of horizontal vessels typically used to transport compressed gasses like CNG, Helium, or in this case Hydrogen.
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As always Dan, I’m in awe of your model. Amazing in research, CAD, fabrication, assembly and finishing.
Such a strange car though, so I have to ask about the proto. Given the rear plumbing, and the sheer mass of the pressure vessles and difficulty moving them, I’ll guess that the gasses were onboarded and offboarded via hoses, vs moving loaded tanks. Is that so? But in that case, how could specific company logos be assigned to the tanks?
Just curious.
Cliff
Thanks Cliff.
Yes. Each non-removeable vessel has Its own valve and lead pipe to the top where a hose connection can be made. It certainly is a quite a load with all those cylinders vs a single tank but necessary to comply with safety regulations.
The logos are the gas supply company and vessel builder. Not assigned to the tanks.
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Dan, thanks for the explanation. Fascinating.
From this quote, it sounded like the load was specifically hydrogen, indicating perhaps vessels designed for that, vs. any of the other commercial gasses.
Or maybe the vessels can transport any of those, but you’re tagging them for a specific gas, via a decal?
Sorry for al the questions, it’s just interesting to me.
im more interested in the flat car
looks amazing!
thanks for sharing
Are those 40’ container size ?
The vessels are pretty much the same for all 3 but I decided mine would carry hydrogen to serve a future depot on my layout for refueling H2 locos!
Thanks John. That’s something else I finished today. VTTX rebuilds. I should probably start another thread for those though. 
Thanks Dan! Since I cannot run double stacks due to a clearance issue, putting them on a regular container would possibly allow 2 containers and clear the obstacle I didn’t notice until it went crunch
Hydrogen? What’s wrong with CNG “compressed natural gas”? Safer than hydrogen. 
