NEB&W Guide to Crosswise Multiple-Tanks Tank CarsThis file is open to website members only
Last Update: 2009-10-24
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I believe these were classified by the AAR as TMU-type cars, although what the "U" stood for, I don't know. It might have meant "Tank-Multiple". As far as I know, all crosswise segmented tank cars were used for chlorine, and these were the only ones classified TMU (cars with cradles, so I guess helium cars would