I'm intrigued by the crane rigging on this bulk material container. Does
anyone know why two hooks and two separate slings would be used?

Viv
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From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Tim
O'Connor
Sent: Monday, 9 April 2007 2:36 pm
To: STMFC@...
Subject: [STMFC] Re: P&LE archive (was What kind of SFRD car is this?)




Here's another interesting shot -- this one shows unloading a bulk
material container into a barge. First time I've seen a photo of one
of these containers being unloaded.

Tim

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At 4/8/2007 09:02 PM Sunday, you wrote:

This shot shows the team tracks at Monessen, PA in 1953.

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The car on the right is SFRD 3250 or 9250, the one on the left looks to be

SFRD 15080.

TIA,
KL