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Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

Dave, Thanks for the correction on these points. It also explains the odd configuration of those Reading gons shown on vido tape. Mill gons carried a diversity of steel products which result in some

By JK <kuban@...> · #23855 ·

Henderson Books

Yesterday I was in The Golden Spike Train Shop in Burbank, IL (Suburban Chicago.) They have, if anyone is ,several copies of Volume 1 (40 foot boxcars) of this series as well as at least one copy of

By Steve and Barb Hile · #23853 ·

Re: PRR gondolas (was Mill Gondolas In Interchange)

Ted Culotta wrote: and Shawn Beckert replied Well...It's not as simple as all that. I model the mid-to- late 1950's, which means I have to pay attention to which classes and types of cars were still

By Dana and Larry Kline <klinelarrydanajon@...> · #23852 ·

Re: Athearn and Tyco 50 ft flat cars

Hey Tim, can you post a photo?

By Joe Binish <joebinish@...> · #23856 ·

New file uploaded to STMFC

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By STMFC@... · #23851 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

Its not surprising that eastern road mill gondolas show up in the west, the eastern roads owned most of the mill gondolas. . Here is a tabulation of mill gons (of all lengths) from the

By Dana and Larry Kline <klinelarrydanajon@...> · #23850 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

Quoting Norman+Laraine Larkin <lono@...>: Hello Norm, This was a nice piece of informaiton to see. I can remember seeing that complex several times after my folks moved from Vermont to

By Don Valentine · #23854 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

Tim O'Connor wrote: Given my 9:03 PM Friday 9/19 posting on the subject, there were a number of Eastern Gons operating in the Far West according to a Fall 1947 UP Wheel Report between Rawlins and

By tim gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #23849 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

Tony Thompson stated: Per page 781 of the April 1949 ORER, " 'GS' - An Open Top Car, having fixed sides and ends and drop bottom, consisting of doors hinged at the center sills to dump outside

By tim gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #23848 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

Tony, Don't forget that Bethlehem Steel had a plant in Huntington Park, California. It was on State Street between Randolph and Slauson and was served by SP who's tracks ran down Randolph. I

By Jim Scott · #23847 ·

Re: resin stock cars again (was Sunshine Comments)

Tim and List, I have the letter to Aaron started but have been delayed getting it out due to a medical problem and being shuffled between work and two doctors. It should go this week. I still have

By Thomas Olsen <tmolsen@...> · #23846 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

Shawn Beckert muses: The specialized shapes and alloys would have been produced in the big eastern mills. "Plain Jane" shapes can be rolled in much less specialized mills, or in single-purpose mills

By thompson@... · #23844 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

Tim Gilbert said: Something's fishy about this table, unless the usual GS (AAR class) gondola is considered a "side drop;" SP alone had over 5000 GS gons in 1949. Thus I would suppose that "center

By thompson@... · #23843 ·

Re: Dew v Condensate

Tim, According to the "Chambers Dictionary of Science and Technology", dew is: "the deposite of moisture on exposed surfaces which accumulates during calm, clear nights. The surfaces become cooled by

By Norman+Laraine Larkin <lono@...> · #23836 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

There was a blast furnace in Everett, Mass. that was part of the Eastern Gas and Fuel Coke Works there.It supplied merchant pig iron to foundries in New England. (~220,000 tons in 1949). It received

By Norman+Laraine Larkin <lono@...> · #23838 ·

Re: Kadee's TP&W 606

Also, Model Railroading 11/1986 page 20 T&PW #608 dark green scheme with the rocket logo (color photo undated) Best regards Michel Guilloux France

By mgaqw · #23833 ·

Re: Dew v Condensate

Norm -You are confusing Tim with facts. Paul Lyons Oceanside.CA

By Paul Lyons · #23842 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

"Beckert, Shawn" wrote: Shawn, At the 1948 AAR Superintendents' Convention, there was a discussion about Gons and their traffic movements saying on page 78 of the PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION -

By tim gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #23830 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

There used to be bits of the steel industry in all sorts of unexpected places - I was particularly startled to come across a photo of a blast furnace in Rochester, NY, around the turn of the last

By Steven Delibert <STEVDEL@...> · #23829 ·

Re: Mill Gondolas In Interchange

the Reading and this was the shipping point for the Golden Gate bridge components mentioned earlier in this thread. The road names mentioned earlier are all legitimate for these shipments and I

By dehusman <dehusman@...> · #23828 ·

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