A disgusted citizen files a 311 complaint about the new black splotches on his or her car after driving under the train bridge over East Cottage Street in Dorchester:
There is tar dripping from the bridge. It dropped on my car and ruined the hood and roof.
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Creosote
By Steve557
Sun, 05/26/2019 - 4:52pm
Creosote from the ties so they hold up.
Most likely
By anon
Sun, 05/26/2019 - 5:39pm
Creosote and not tar.
GooGone
By BlackKat
Sun, 05/26/2019 - 5:49pm
May get that stuff off.
Bug & tar remover
By perruptor
Sun, 05/26/2019 - 6:15pm
Made for that. I doubt that the hood and roof are "ruined." Probably the paint isn't, either.
Bug and tar remover will.
By anon
Sun, 05/26/2019 - 6:20pm
Bug and tar remover will.
WD40 + a straight razor has
By Murphquake
Mon, 05/27/2019 - 7:43pm
WD40 + a straight razor has always worked much better for me than googone or bug and tar remover
Maybe not tar
By In The Know
Mon, 05/27/2019 - 10:36am
Creosote is a possibility but not usually applied in such amounts to railroad ties that it can be seen as a dripping item. Tar, as in tar used for roofing or pavement, is less likely.
What it may be is heavy grease or similar lubricating oils that dripped from the trains and collected in a manner allowing it to drip. Diesel engines such as those used for locomotives also have a byproduct that resembles tar from incomplete combustion of fuel. If the collection device for this waste product was leaking or defective, that byproduct could also have dripped on the bridge ties and eventually make its way to the roadway below.
Looking at the pic, it
By Murphquake
Mon, 05/27/2019 - 7:48pm
Looking at the pic, it definitely looks like a locomotive with a very leaky engine was idling over the bridge. You can easily see the oil drip marks on one of the support beams