Re: True Line trains slab side CN covered hopper
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Armand Premo
Barrett (Tarvia) a division of Allied Chemical had hopper bottom tank cars for shipping roofing material.Looked pretty much like an ordinary tank car,but with hoppers.They may have been converted tank cars.Armand Premo
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From: cwilson@journey.com To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 7:55 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: True Line trains slab side CN covered hopper --- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "Bill" <wpmccoy@...> wrote: > > Any comments or thoughts on the True line CN slab side covered hopper? Did they ever come to the US? > > Bill McCoy > Jax, FL > Potash was a common commodity for these cars right through the 60's and into the early 1970's. I have data from the Ann Arbor RR carferry manifests showing them loaded in Saskatchewan and routed CN-DWP-SOO-AA or CP-SOO-AA. From there they went to lots of co-op and crop service places in Michigan and throughout the midwest. The slab-sides weren't the only covered hoppers in this service. The CN and CP "tank hoppers" were common too. Craig Wilson
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