Re: NC&StL gondolas
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Mitchell Mercante
John,
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According to info in Freight Cars Journal No. 63, a small number of gons, classed GB-12, were outfitted with ten Youngstown Steel Door 145 cf containers for limestone, silica and other items used in the foundry trade. They were converted for this service in February 1950. Mitch Mercante --- On Thu, 6/11/09, S hed <shed999@...> wrote:
To: STMFC@... From: timboconnor@... Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:15:10 -0400 Subject: [STMFC] Re: NC&StL gondolas (was FYI: Choices. Caveat Emptor) What kind of containers? Bulk, drop bottom? My first guess is coke, since I have several photos of converted L&N box cars with roofs removed for coke service. One photo is from Pueblo Colorado so they travelled some distance. Tim O'Connor 6. ok, I'm going back to freight cars (kicking his soapbox back under the _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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