Re: Molasses tank car blows its top!
Author: sugar kid
Date: 03-24-2021 - 08:21

WAF Wrote:
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> They heat the molasses to empty the car

To be a bit more precise, they do use steam to change the molasses from a "gelled" state to a more liquid state. They do the same thing with lard also. I suspect a vent was not opened so steam built up. What a mess.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Molasses tank car blows its top! Gingerbread Man 03-23-2021 - 22:27
  Update: Cleanup of molasses explosion underway at Progressive Rail in Cannon Falls WebDigger 03-23-2021 - 23:28
  Re: Update: Cleanup of molasses explosion underway at Progressive Rail in Cannon Falls WAF 03-24-2021 - 07:47
  Re: Update: Cleanup of molasses explosion underway at Progressive Rail in Cannon Falls VN# 03-24-2021 - 14:58
  Re: Update: Cleanup of molasses explosion underway at Progressive Rail in Cannon Falls David Dumpling 03-24-2021 - 07:52
  Re: Molasses tank car blows its top! WAF 03-24-2021 - 07:48
  Re: Molasses tank car blows its top! sugar kid 03-24-2021 - 08:21
  Re: Molasses tank car blows its top! CCTGM 03-24-2021 - 10:34
  Re: Molasses tank car blows its top! WAF 03-24-2021 - 11:15
  Re: Molasses tank car blows its top! dcel98 03-24-2021 - 12:56
  Re: Molasses tank car blows its top! WAF 03-24-2021 - 14:49


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