Tony, couple of possibilities. The yard in Vancouver is not identified. Walter Frost took pictures in various yards belonging to CN, CP, and GN. If this is a CP yard, the load could have traveled

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The load looks to be 1/2 half of a hot or cold steel rolling mill stand. Two castings are shown making one stand of a steel rolling mill. The screw down machinery on top of the stand is added later.

VERY cool! Growing up in Pittsburgh, you were besieged by the cacophony of noise, air pollutants, and smells you would never get away with now. Elden Gatwood

I have seen others like this, that were for creating things like large mill rolls, flywheels, and such. They didn't use regular molds for these ingots, but made up special breakable molds, once

It says it’s an ingot, but it looks rough, like concrete. And why the asymmetric shape? David Soderblom Baltimore MD USA drs@...

Would a large load like this have been included in a regular train, or would it have required it’s own engine and caboose? David Soderblom Baltimore MD USA drs@...

Their symmetry also suggests something to do with a very large magnet. David Soderblom Baltimore MD USA drs@...

Just a guess, but I’m slightly familiar with these machines … my dad worked for Ring Screw Works in Detroit. He took me there a few times to see where he worked. They had a bunch of cold-headers,

The CB&Q converted some composite 40’ gons to TOFC service and they were quite unsuccessful. The Burlington Route Historical Society has a “data sheet” (#12) that has a photo.

Dan; Good guess! That could be it. Elden Gatwood

Could be frames for cold-heading (forging) machines. Dan MItchell ==========

Tim, Thank you for the R. I. Gondola TOFC Cars. I am guessing that the car you built was from a Tichey war emergency car. Looks very good. Thanks for the pictures Dale Florence

-- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

What route did this take to get to Vancouver? If it went MILW all the way then crossing the border at Sumas, Wa is the only option. Hard time seeing this being the case. Pulp digester makes more sense

One of my favorites, stubby Carnegie-Illinois Steel (USSteel), with a whopping big ingot - Homestead Works,

A "pulp digester" according to my notes. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Found another photo of a GSC HD flat car, with an outbound load at Mesta Machine

:Does anyone have information on Gondolas that were converted into TOFC cars, or pictures, from the early 1950's.. I want to build some, but cannot find information, or pictures. Dale Florence

Tim O'Connor wrote "GYPSUM or TRANSCO running board on Rock Island 25189?" And isn't that a Morton lateral r.b.? Brian Leppert Carson City, NV