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A question on the stoci yards east of Chicago was asked during Steve's presentation. Boston had their's On Brighton New York City had theirs' in

By Rick Naylor · #179923 ·

Re: Whose gon is this?

Hi Industrial works was the manufacturer of the crane ,may not be where the photo was taken. Mark Kapka Saginaw, Mich

By Mark Kapka · #179922 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Whose gon and dolomite container cars are these?

One source of Calcium carbide was Sault Ste Marie, MI Chippewa County Michigan Genealogy & History http://www.halslamppost.com/Other Carbide Items/slides/Union Carbide Can F Chippewa County Michigan

By gregory peet <gap49001@...> · #179921 ·

Re: Another means of adding chalk markings

Back in the 1960s when cars passed thru my neighborhood the chalk mark indicated the name of the nearby company it was destined for. i.e. "Miller," "Rheem" or "SS" for Single Service. Greg Peet still

By gregory peet <gap49001@...> · #179920 ·

Re: Another means of adding chalk markings

I started out as a switchman in 1978. Never saw anyone in train service use chalk as by that date we always had a switchlist or some other paper record of what goes where & when. Some cars did have

By Geodyssey · #179919 ·

Re: Okay You Gondola Devotees

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 10:37 AM, Corey Bonsall wrote: but considering the inside ribs would make loading anything other than loose loads a challengeGiven the huge volumes of commerce based around coal

By dave w · #179918 ·

Prototype Chalk Markings

Hi Guys, I thought you might find this photo interesting. I took this photo of chalk marks in 2008. The car is a long-retired Rock Island 50-foot box car. Even years and years later, the chalk

By golden1014 · #179917 ·

Re: HELP NEEDED ON FRISCO GONFOLA

Here is a photo of the underside of my car, which was built from a Sunshine flat kit. The 4 flat blocks are added weight. Get Outlook for iOS

By Robert J Miller CFA · #179916 ·

Re: HELP NEEDED ON FRISCO GONFOLA

Yes Robert: That's it. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #179915 ·

Re: HELP NEEDED ON FRISCO GONFOLA

Does the finished car look like this? Get Outlook for iOS

By Robert J Miller CFA · #179914 ·

HELP NEEDED ON FRISCO GONFOLA

I have a Sunshine kit for a Frisco 42' panel side gondola. I believe tbis was a rebuild of a USRA gondola. The box was labeled a "Quickie" kit as the body was one piece. Regretfully the under frame

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #179913 ·

Armour reefer underframe

Here's something I came across in the 1908 Railroad Gazette (online at archive.org) It is the steel reinforcement used by Armour Car Line to strengthen their wood reefers ca.1907. (note "Armour RSU 2"

By lrkdbn · #179912 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Whose gon is this?

Eric; Thanks for all that input! I can’t for the life of me find my P&LE composite gon photos. I had the luck to crawl all over one many years ago, that had gone into MW service intact.

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #179911 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Whose gon is this?

Thanks for all the input, guys! Some thoughts on early “steel-wood” (composite) gon construction: Drop ends on many, like PRR GR/GRA, were originally wood with steel batten and drop-frame

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #179910 ·

Re: Whose gon is this?

Schuyler, The Hagley site has this as an image title. Locomotive crane operating in scrap yard, Industrial Works (Bay City, Mich.) BTW, I feel many mill gons were free roamers. YMMV. Eric

By Eric Hansmann · #179909 ·

Re: Whose gon is this?

Well, that clears up the construction of the sides . . . Is the location of the Hagley shot known (I might have missed that)? What are the chances that the gon in question is, in fact, the same

By Schuyler Larrabee · #179908 ·

Re: Whose gon is this?

Eldon, My original thoughts on identifying that gondola from the car end went straight to some P&LE composite mill gondolas. Here’s a car diagram of what I think we see in that photo. Note how

By Eric Hansmann · #179907 ·

Re: Whose gon is this?

Comments below, Claus Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Whose gon is this? Hi Elden and List Members, With respect to "Whose gon is this?" I assume we are talking about the gon on the right, where we

By Schuyler Larrabee · #179906 ·

Re: Atlantic & Danville

Thanks to everyone who replied -- lots of photos! Great help. Tony Thompson tony@...

By Tony Thompson · #179905 ·

Re: Whose gon is this?

Hi Elden and List Members, With respect to "Whose gon is this?" I assume we are talking about the gon on the right, where we get a good view of the end of the car... I don't know whose gon it is,

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #179904 ·

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