These 39’ single dome tank cars are painted black with red, black and white logo and white and orange lettering.They were built in November 1943, serviced in January 1952 and run on Bettendorf trucks. Kopper’s tank cars were used to haul coal tar, the base material for the five main chemical products: Coal pitch essential for steel and aluminum production; carbon black for rubber vulcanization; creosote for wood treatment; and naphthalene and phthalic anhydride for plastics and polyester