Tim, are you sure those are doors and not reinforced ends? Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 04:18 PM, Claus Schlund \(HGM\) wrote: WM twin hopper in consist chalk-marked as NO BRAKE (undated) Hope it's not going too far..Actually going far, in a train, is not a

Here is one of the former GN ore cars on the McCloud River Railroad. https://lchm.pastperfectonline.com/photo/517EDD6F-0DE0-4255-BBD0-795760046419 Looks like GN 83548 and looks like while last on the

There’s at least two CP gobs, so not just a one-off. Sent from my tricorder

But there’s the woman on the right, next to a Packard (maybe). There’s a story right there. Sent from my tricorder

Hi Tony, Thanks for the input Tony. The web page does say "Prepared Monongalia County Coal Ready for Shipment to Foreign Markets". Perhaps the "Foreign Market" destination was in Canada, in which

Here is a view of the C&O hopper bottom gon when it was built in Dec of 1907. Keith.

Hello Group! This looks like the Joy plant just downstream from Franklin. Penna. on the Allegheny River. This site was served by the NYC and produced (still does) mining machinery such as on the flat

Undoubtedly this loaded CP Otis gon and the CP Big Otis gon behind were bound for Ontario. CP imported all its locomotive coal for its Ontario operations from Appalachia as Canadian sources were too

Actually, CPR had a deal with C&O for steam coal to Montreal and points surrounding, as much of CPRs coal operations were west of the Rockies. CPR even built a class of gondola specifically to

Hi List Members, VGN 10269 hopper end view circa 1946 https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002068 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, A trio of C&O hoppers - from left to right - C&O 31774, C&O 111799, C&O 58590 if I am reading this right. It looks to me like the leftmost and rightmost cars (C&O 31774 and C&O

Hi List Members, C&O 21920 twin hopper The web site thinks the date to be "ca. 1930-1940", but I think I see a 1925 date on the side of the car. https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002079

There was a mine near Casey IL that was served by the IC and the Q. Don't know if the town was named for the legendary Mudville 9 player though...... Jeff White Alma IL

Hi List Members, C&O 33503 - a steel hopper bottom gon - with coal load (undated) https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/002123 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Eric Hansmann wrote: Excellent catch, Eric, now that it's baseball season. Tony Thompson tony@...

Just don’t ship them to Mudville. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Claus Schlund wrote: Officially, it was against the rules (unless the car is bound for Canada). Unofficially . . . well . . . Tony Thompson tony@...

Jeff White wrote: Jeff, just put the Joy emblem on some big crates . . . and you're there. Tony Thompson tony@...

That's interesting. Joy Manufacturing has (maybe had by now) a plant near me in Mt Vernon IL where they make mining equipment for the mines in Southern Illinois. I had no idea they were