Re: What Kind Of Car Is This?
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Joe Bower <jnbower1@...>
James and Group:
From the pictures, one can see sloping and horizontal rivet lines indicating slope sheets for (up-side down pyramid shaped) muitiple hoppers, and the hopper bottom outlets, which likely were operated from the top of the car via the "T" handle tool. I'd suspect the lading may have been an easy flowing granular or powdered product. An interesting 1906 all steel car, on Arch Bar type trucks. Joe Bower _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of James McDonald Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:04 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] What Kind Of Car Is This? Dear Bob, I believe that these might be soda ash cars built in 1909 by Ralston Steel Car Co. for The Solvay Process Co. That same website has some other photos showing what look to be the same type of car: http://columbusrailroads.com/Ralston%20photos/ralston-014-1909-SOLVAY%20PROC ESS%20CO-.JPG http://columbusrailroads.com/Ralston%20photos/ralston-174-1909-SOLVAY%20PROC ESS%20CO.JPG The end of the second photo is overexposed so we can't compare it to that of the car in the background of the photo you referenced, but T.S.P.Co. as an abbreviation would agree with The Solvay Process Co. What the purpose of the T wrench is, I am not sure. Seems an odd way to get at the unloading mechanism. All the best, James McDonald Greenbelt, MD. On 6/20/13 4:57 PM, STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> wrote: 4a. What Kind Of Car Is This?<mailto:thecitrusbelt%40yahoo.com> thecitrusbelt Date: Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:12 am ((PDT))(www.ColumbusRailroads.com) and shows an unusual (to me, anyway) car roof: http://www.columbusrailroads.com/new/images/photos-ralston/d6-RSCCO-148-ICE% 20CAR%20ROOF-1200.jpg
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