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A railway train including a plurality of interconnected tank cars, each car comprising a tank with a lading conduit extending the length thereof and having first and second pipes communicating with the interior of the tank with one of the pipes extending to the bottom of the tank and the other termi

A railway train including a plurality of interconnected tank cars, each car comprising a tank with a lading conduit extending the length thereof and having first and second pipes communicating with the interior of the tank with one of the pipes extending to the bottom of the tank and the other terminating adjacent to the top of the tank, the lading conduits of adjacent cars being interconnected by flexible connecting conduits; valve mechanism in the lading conduits and the first and second pipes for closing the lading conduit between the first and second pipes and opening the first and second pipes during loading of fluid lading into the tank and during unloading of fluid lading from the tank and for closing the first and second pipes during transporting of the tank; also disclosed is a loading system and an unloading system for a train of such tank cars.

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A railway tank car adapted for interconnection in fluid communication with associated like tank cars by flexible connecting conduits for singly and sequentially loading the tank cars with fluid lading and singly and sequentially unloading the tank cars of fluid lading, said tank car comprising a tan

A railway tank car adapted for interconnection in fluid communication with associated like tank cars by flexible connecting conduits for singly and sequentially loading the tank cars with fluid lading and singly and sequentially unloading the tank cars of fluid lading, said tank car comprising a tank for holding fluid lading, a wheeled chassis structure mounting said tank with chassis coupling means for coupling to the chassis of associated like cars, a lading conduit on said tank extending substantially the length thereof and having coupling means on the ends thereof, said coupling means coupling to associated flexible connecting conduits to place said lading conduit in fluid communication with the lading conduits of adjacent like tank cars, a first control valve in said lading conduit for selectively opening and closing said lading conduit, a first pipe in communication with said lading conduit on one side of said first control valve and extending into said tank and terminating at an open end adjacent to the bottom of said tank, a second control valve in said first pipe for selectively opening and closing said first pipe, a second pipe in communication with said lading conduit on the other side of said first control valve and extending into said tank, a third control valve in said second pipe for selectively opening and closing said second pipe, and valve control mechanism operatively connected to said control valves for closing said first control valve and opening said second and third control valves to accommodate loading of fluid lading into said tank and to accommodate unloading of fluid lading from said tank and for closing said first and second and third control valves for transporting of said tank.