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Photo: GATX/Union Carbide Tank Car 73614

Photo: GATX/Union Carbide Tank Car 73614 A 1965 photo from the Louisiana Digital Library: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-clf%3A10064 This photo can be enlarged quite a

By Bob Chaparro · #174514 ·

Photo: IC Refrigerator Car 65370

Photo: IC Refrigerator Car 65370 An undated photo from the Louisiana Digital Library: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lhp%3A7624 This photo can be enlarged quite a bit.

By Bob Chaparro · #174513 ·

Re: Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

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.

By Clark Propst · #174512 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Eric Hansmann · #174511 ·

Re: Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghh!!

By Schuyler Larrabee · #174510 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Schuyler Larrabee · #174509 ·

Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Andy Carlson · #174508 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Schuyler Larrabee · #174507 ·

Re: Photo: IC Boxcar 340844 & Others

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

By Bob Chaparro · #174506 ·

Re: Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Andy Laurent · #174505 ·

Re: Hauling Sand before Coverd Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Eric Mumper · #174504 ·

Re: Hauling Sand before Coverd Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Charles Morrill · #174503 ·

Re: Hauling Sand before Coverd Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Eric Hansmann · #174502 ·

Re: Train Station Products

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

By Nelson Moyer · #174501 ·

Re: Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Ray Hutchison · #174500 ·

Re: train station products

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

By mel perry · #174499 ·

Re: train station products

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

By Benjamin Hom · #174498 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

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

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #174497 ·

train station products

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

By mel perry · #174496 ·

Re: Hauling Sand before Covered Hoppers Became Popular

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

By O Fenton Wells · #174495 ·

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