Richard Hendrickson wrote: The Maine Central also had similar low side gons in the #17000 series. The limestone trade was a prime reason why. Tim Gilbert

I think they'd be better off leaving Those of upon I agree with you Rob. Jared Harper Athens, GA

A.T. Kott writes: Cost, cost, cost. But passenger wheels were REQUIRED to be steel, at least as early as 1945, because of their lower failure rate. Someone on the list may know when this

Actually, from the ATSF & D&RGW - depending on year. Bob Webber

The First Quarter 2005 issue of The Milwaukee Railroader at page 12 has a color picture of this car with 8 hinges on the door and lettering on the right of the door: DOUBLE DECK and under that the

figured prone freight were for and Tony - Thanks for the response - always wondered how the "wrot stl whls" were made! I agree that steel wheels should have been in use earlier, considering the

Shawn Beckert asked: In regards to the low-side 40' gondola that Ted Culotta will eventually be bringing out: http://www.speedwitch.com/Models.htm What exactly did the Southern use these for? It's an

Mike, Both of the email addresses for Jon Cagle seem to reject me. Would like to reply to an email but can't. Any idea what's wrong? Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax,

Richard Hendrickson wrote: And limestone was and is one of the primary ingredients in portland cement: http://www.lehighcement.com/ps_manuf.asp Therefore, any railroad that had a cement plant

A.T. Kott said: Tony - I did not know you are a metallurgist!! I have a couple of "Wrought" means any kind of working. And yes, the wheels are forged in dies. I doubt this story very

06:36 PM 3/24/2005, Bob Webber wrote: BTW, the term "Pacific Fleet" *sounds* like it would be fairly a large order, but, one has to remember what was going on during the time this order was put in

Mike Brock wrote: Well, the coke at Kaiser's Fontana plant was made from western Colorado coal, courtesy of DRGW and Utah Coal Route, and was supplemented with Wyoming coal, I assume off the

actually a Tony - I did not know you are a metallurgist!! I have a couple of questions for you regarding "wrought steel wheels" - how the heck did they make them? Were they forged hot between

(Although I believe it was well before the 30's - the US was one of the first nations to convert to oil for many reasons, not the least being the labor, dirt, and advantages in speed in refueling and

A lot of the HKs handled company coal. You would see more of them than cross hoppers on the Kansas division. They were not dumped right a way. Some would set in the yard with coal in them for two or

Yes, the coal was from the Anthracite coal field north of Gunnison in the Crested Butte / Elk Mountain Area. Ironically, a lot of that are was and is owned (in terms of mineral rights) by the UP as a

I was told that DRGW had the contract to supply the Pacific Fleet with coal up until the fleet's conversion to oil in the 1930s. Has anyone else heard this? If so, I assume that the coal was

Richard Hendrickson notes: When I made the statement I thought...hmmm...wonder if UP was handing any coal off to C&S at Cheyenne? UP, at that time, was moving coal from Rock Springs and Hanna...west

C'mon, Ted, while your tongue is in your cheek, bite down hard on it as a reminder to think before activating keyboard. Teaching, research, and consulting is what metallurgists do. They research the

Like the low-side gons owned by other y'all railroads (e.g., ACL, SAL), the Southern's cars were intended primarily for limestone service. In the only two photos I have of these cars were the loads