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A worker attaches a discharge hose to a chemical tankcar during the cleaning setup process.

A worker attaches a discharge hose to a chemical tankcar during the cleaning setup process.

Rescar companies’ new facility in Channelview TX includes closed-loop tankcar cleaning, blasting to remove hardened product and rust, product residue storage, and vapor abatement that includes a tornado flare, caustic scrubber, and carbon absorption. AllKevin Wilck is in charge of tankcar cleaning operations and environmental compliance for all of Rescar Companies. Wilck says the Channelview wash rack was a total team effort from conception to completion.Track Mobile shuttle units from Stewart & Stevenson are used to reposition tankcars at the wash rack. The two doors on the right are for the wash rack, and the door on the left accesses the bay where tankcar interiors are blasted to remove hardened materi
A worker at Rescar’s new wash rack in Channelview TX monitors tankcar cleaning on the galvanized steel mezzanine that runs the full length of the facility.A worker attaches a discharge hose to a chemical tankcar during the cleaning setup process.Tankcar wash operations are managed from these valve stations along the mezzanine that is above the cleaning system.
A wash worker lowers a Butterworth spinner into a chemical tankcar.Tank entry is a regular part of the job, and Rescar workers use MSA atmosphere testers to monitor air quality inside tankcars.Vapors from tank cleaning and the degassing station are sent to this flare for destruction.

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