Broadway Limited - 8144 - Tank Car, Cryogenic - Canadian Liquid Air - 2-Pack

Specific Item Information: Road Numbers: 80021 & 80025

Model Information: Broadway Limited announced this model in November of 2018.

Features:

• Precision Paint, Color, and Lettering Schemes
• Many Separately Applied Details including Hand Rails, ladders, brake wheel, roof walkway
• Beautifully Detailed and Accurately Modeled
• Precision Paint, Color, and Lettering Schemes
• Composition: ABS
• Couplers: (2) Operating MicroTrains Compatible
• Compatible Tracks: Code 55, 70 and 80 Rail
• Minimum Operating Radius: 9.75 in

Prototype History: High Capacity Railroad Tank Cars for Cryogenic Fluids, or Cryogenic Tank Cars for short, are used for the transportation of super-cold fluids such as liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon. These tank cars solved the problem of maintaining extremely low temperatures while transporting large quantities of these materials over long distances.
These high capacity tank cars could transport more than 15,000 gallons of liquid oxygen--which is about double what any of its predecessors could do.

Cryogenic Tank Car Designations: DOT 113; AAR 204 and 204XT.

Cryogenic railroad tank cars are usually constructed of nickel or stainless steel as a tank within a tank. Because cryogenic liquids are very cold, insulation is placed between the two tanks and a vacuum pulled on the space to maintain the temperature. This process will allow the tank car a 30-day holding time.
Cryogenic cars transport various gases, including flammable hydrogen, liquid oxygen and poisons. Some cryogenic gases, such as nitrogen and argon, are considered inert. Temperatures of these liquefied gases can range from the warmest, carbon dioxide at –130°F, liquid oxygen at -297°F, liquid argon at -302°F, liquid nitrogen at -320°F, to the coldest, helium at –452°F. Thermal hazards of these materials are significant.
In addition to thermal hazards, cryogenic liquids have a large liquid-to-vapor expansion ratio. A small leak from a valve or container can create a large vapor cloud. Some ratios are as great as 900 to 1, meaning one gallon of cryogenic liquid can produce over 900 gallons of gas.

From Broadway Limited International and Firehouse

Road Name History: Created in 1911, Air Liquide Canada (Canadian Liquid Air) has a team of more than 2,200 employees working to supply more than 200,000 customers and patients across Canada. In all of the country’s key industrial regions from coast to coast, Air Liquide offers innovative solutions - gas, equipment and services - in a wide variety of sectors, from oil and gas, mining, healthcare, automotive, aeronautics, metallurgy, metal fabrication to chemical and agri-food industries. Air Liquide Canada is the number one Canadian producer and distributor of gases derived from air.
Air Liquide’s subsidiaries in Canada also includes VitalAire Canada, Alizent and Air Liquide Engineering & Construction Canada LP.
Air Liquide Canada is a subsidiary of French group Air Liquide.

Brand/Importer Information: Broadway Limited Imports, LLC defines itself as "the world's foremost producer of top-quality HO and N scale model trains".

The company was founded in 2002 and introduced its first N scale model in 2009.

Broadway Limited Imports is composed of a team of 15 fun loving individuals who are dedicated to creating the most realistic model railroading experience possible, with the best customer service possible.

The Broadway Limited Imports headquarters is located in Ormond Beach, Florida at 9 East Tower Circle. It's just under an hour's drive from Disney World.

About Broadway Limited Imports.