Re: what to do with all those leftover freight car trucks?
David Jobe, Sr.
AFAIK, ASF had no foundries in Chicago only the corporate office, at least
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by1973 after this list. Side frames and bolsters would have come from East St. Louis, Illinois until it was closed in 1959, Granite City, Illinois or Alliance, Ohio. Springs most likely came from Hammond, Indiana which also produced some forgings. Indiana Harbor, Indiana supplied smaller castings like couplers. There were three or four other works including Sharon, Pennsylvania, but I don't have my references readily available. Their foundry mark was an octagon circumscribing the letter for the works. Octagon E, G, A, H, I, etc. The only "machining" I recall, for certain, was grinding of various parting lines or vent risers. Hope That Helps, David Jobe, Sr. Saint Ann, Missouri ASF - Granite City Works 1973-1976 ASF - Hammond Works 1976-1977
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From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bob Webber Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 4:42 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io; main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] what to do with all those leftover freight car trucks? Bettendorf s/b Iowa in Quad Cities. ASF, Chicago. BTW, we have maps of the H&B shops along with building drawings - and the BoM can be figured from drawings (be a bit of time, but you can do it). We have some (earlier) H&B BoMs and Drawing List, but not later - although....depending on era, if it were actually *IN* the P-S era, then looking at the contract and correspondence files would reveal all of that - and perhaps the Maps (Ed may chime in there). http://www.pullmanlibrary.org/IndexCollection.htm http://www.pullmanlibrary.org/Research.htm And...remember, after 1924, this was never a "Pullman Plant". The plant was then a Pullman Car and Manufacturing Corp. (The Pullman Co. was the operating subsidiary of Pullman Incorporated), then in 1934, P-S was born, in 1947, The Pullman Co. was divested from Pullman Inc. (and sold to a consortium of railroads) - in any case, after 1934 (for certain) there were *NO* "Pullman" freight cars. At 03:53 PM 8/21/2019, Seth Lakin via Groups.Io wrote: Now the question is where was ASF's and/or Bettendorf's foundryBob Webber
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