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Re: Ulrich offset triple hopper prototype

Charles Tapper
 

Don Strack has some information on his Utah Rails site. And he gives evidence some twin hoppers from the B&LE were leased and speculates about a possibility of triple hoppers as well. I am remembering that B&LE may have had triples of two different designs, the 90 Ton like the Ulrich and a 70 ton design? Wish I could be more helpful but I've not been digging into this lately. Link to Utah Rails.

My B&LE car diagrams are in OKC. 

Carbon County Railway Cars and Cabooses

Information about the cars and cabooses of the Carbon County Railway.

Charlie Tapper
Broken Arrow


On Sunday, December 18, 2016 4:03 PM, "riverman_vt@... [STMFC]" wrote:


 



---In STMFC@..., wrote :

Were any of the Carbon County Railway hopper cars of this same design? I know
they had the same double clasp brakes as found on other United States Steel road hoppers.

Tim O'Connor


  Whoa Tim. The B&M acquired what I was told were some ex-B&LE hoppers for gravel or
ballast work in the 1968-1972 era that definitely had double clasp brakes. Being too late for
my modeling interests I paid little attention to them. Should I have? Could these also have
been of the car type being discussed?

Cordially, Don Valentine
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