I was wondering about that unloading question, too. Could they have been rotary-dumped? Tom E.

The Nickel Plate did this with several old Fowlers and later War Emergency SS box cars. For the doors they simply nailed up boards similar to grain boards. -- Matt Smith Bloomington, IL

Ray; I am, too. They are not plugs, but added to the back of the doorway. I cannot find anything on how that was supposed to work, but assume it seals the doorway from escape of coke, although I

I'm a little bit curious about the doors on the inside of the car? rh

Friends, D&RGW series 23000-23099 were 53' 6", 50-ton cars built by AC&F in 1956. They were nearly identical to series 22000-22199 built in 1944 by Mt. Vernon, and 22200-22249 which were built by the

I have a photo of 4815 which is near identical with these ends built in 1937. Barry Bennett, UK

George; You are certainly right. Yet the PRR also owned scores of purpose-built coke hoppers (H22). Plenty for everything the PRR did with coke. And who the heck wanted to unload a box car full

Don't know about the brand name, but it is some type of nailable steel floor Howard Garner

Also note FGEX 35754 has retrofitted Hutchins, (note typical hatch rest with the metal roof) while the WFEX truss rod car has the original double board roof. Some of these old roofs survived into the

FGEX 35754 is an example of the FGE 1921 style underframe retrofitted w/4-inch steel channel lower sill, also built for WFEX after July 1923. Second car is a WFE Truss Rod reefer. Most FGE/WFE and I

Friends, This car was a great find, but it is not quite unique. It is from series 4500-4599 and is an RB, or bunkerless refrigerator. What I find most interesting is that we've seen these ends

Coke was quenched for cooling and handling as it came out of the ovens. Photos of beehive ovens show spigots and hoses between ovens. It could also be bagged for smaller deliveries.

I don't know, but it would be cheaper to rebuild old boxcars than assign coal cars to coke service. I do know by mid-1950's the Interstate had hoppers for use in coke service. George Courtney

https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_22169 Nice vacuum, too! Elden Gatwood

Look at the IC hopper in the background. One of these days, I will get around to redoing my kit for that car. Chad Boas

Mel; Unfortunately, coke, but I am sure they hoped it wasn’t still hot! I find these conversions really baffling. Not a good idea. PRR had some early conversions for wood chips, and

I have copies, contact me off list for info Roger Hinman rhinman11@...

Doug; The coke was quenched with water at the large plants, but it did not always behave. Sometimes the pore space between hunks/chunks was too small to allow much water to penetrate, and it kept

Wasn’t the coke quenched in water before loading into cars? Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

for sure, not hot coke, did the prr have any wood chip or saw dust business? ;-) mel perry