Below are some examples of sand cars. Beings this is an M&StL list there were lots of their GS gons. I only copied one.

Frac sand? Is that from the future? Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

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Youi gize are just full of questions: Frac Sand: https://www.blackmountainsand.com/resources/what-is-frac-sand/

So Schuyler, you are telling me Grannie was wrong to call her Beverly Hills' swimming pool "The Cement Pond"????? Showing my age---Andy Carlson Ojai CA And at this point I will point out one of my

Well, I said . . . “and probably further distinctions can be made of each . . .” So, a fair question Elden, but Google is your (and my) friend: Foundry sand is quite

There are additional photos on the website showing temporary housing in freight cars due to the flooding. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

In Wisconsin, GB&W moved sand and gravel in open twin hoppers from online pits to a concrete batch plant in Green Bay well into the 1960s. WSOR still does this today, moving both sand and gravel in

Victor, As mentioned in another reply it depends on the end use. The linked picture was taken at Utica, Ill. on the Rock Island and shows how foundry sand was shipped well into the covered hopper

The SP's El Paso steam era sand house received locomotive sand in ordinary SP GS class gons. Weather was not a factor as the sand was dried in the sand house before being blown up into the delivery

It depends on how the sand will be used. Lots of sand for glass factories moved in boxcars, even into the mid-1960s. Clean sand was required for good quality glass. Impurities in the sand led to

I found the TSP product catalog online and at the bottom is this note: Train Station Products' are not sold directly to the retail public. Please contact your local hobby store. Note: All diesel

not certain how many here would have heard of Tennessee Central Railroad (essentially Nashville east through Cookeville and Monterrey). Early shipments included sand for construction. It was shut

as requested, hope it works, don't shoot the messenger http://inarevil.tripod.com/TSPListing.html ;-) mel perry

Mel Perry wrote: "i don't know how old this page is, but read it carefully, google is our friend" Link to the webpage instead of a gif would be helpful. Ben Hom

Schuyler; From my research and experiences, there were some in my area that were important: foundry sand, glass sand, “green” sand, and locomotive sand. What were the properties that were

i don't know how old this page is, but read it carefully, google is our friend

Cement is not concrete was drummed into my head when I was in the contracting business years ago. On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 1:08 PM Schuyler Larrabee via groups.io

There are two varieties of sand (and probably further distinctions can be made of each). There’s beach sand, which is rounded grains (also what’s in the Sahara desert) from the wave (and wind)

Hi Eric... Does the new WP reefer include decals? Can you expand a bit on the detail parts including what type/brand of brake wheel? Thanks Richard In a message dated 6/5/2020 4:20:15 AM Pacific