Arkema Tank Cars

@KRGenco posted:

I myself have the one labeled Peroxal(R) on my desk to this day!  In fact of those of us on the team who have a railcar, I do not think there is anyone here who has all three!  There were definitely not many made, if I remember correctly, there was just one or two boxes of them total.  If you have any other questions, I'd be glad to help out.

I see this is an old thread, but I have to comment.  One or two boxes?  I have eighteen of them!

Here they are cruising around my mainline.  I have all three styles, Albone, Peroxal, and Valsterane.

This is absolutely amazing!!  Thank you for sharing this video. You let me know if you would ever like someone to care for those cars as much as you do!  I would buy them all.

I bought these from a guy that posted them for sale, I like them as they're an unusual road name that not many people will have.  I don't think I'm ready to sell them yet, I just got them!   I like the fact that when people see them running on my layout, they will likely never have seen them before.

I would be interested in the exact story behind these cars.  I had heard that the delivery truck has an accident and fire, thus not many of the cars actually made it to the company, hence the relative rarity of the cars.  I figure someone that works there should have the whole story.

MOQ for MTH has been 256 units with two paint schemes for many years.  I would assume that there are 128 of each car.

Except there are three paint schemes!

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Except there are three paint schemes!

256 units was MTH's minimum with 128 in any given paint scheme.  I should have clarified that.  Nothing states there can't be more in a custom run.  3 x 128 = 384 units > 256.

That makes sense for the MOQ.  I'm curious about the story of many of these getting burned up in a truck accident.  I know I've never seen them before, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of them around for sale or even running on someone's layout.