I tend to think that the entry into my January 1942 ORER was based on an announcement, maybe in Railway Age, that the D&H was ordering X number of new cars since the gondolas weren't actually built

Hi Folks I found another box of Freight Conductors' Train Books in the Laramie Depot attic the other day. There are 27 of them and they are in addition to the 128 Train Books discovered in the attic

Clark Propst wrote: Clark's post assays out at over 13% acronyms, not counting "PS". Pretty rich stuff! Since every other acronym in the post is either a railroad reporting mark or a state

And in fact, I think the deposits of trona/soda ash in Wyoming are the largest in the world. This stuff definitely travels very far! I used to see Union Pacific 125 ton covered hoppers at a glass

Jeff Aley writes: "Westvaco, WY was named after the West Virginia Company, West VA Co." Well...in certain quarters of West Virginia the more proper term would be..."West BY GOD Virginia. And, yes,

I'll bet most roads disposed of most of the cars since the lime in cement takes it toll on the steel. On the DL&W the gons were retired. Some lasted in non-revenue service, but overall the cars were

The STMFC member identified only as "Jeff S." wrote: A photo caption (page 11) in the new Morning Sun book TRACKSIDE AROUND THE PENNSYLVANIA CEMENT DISTRICT says the Lehigh Valley container gons were

Jerry and friends, Consider also that not all cements are the same. Cowell Portland Cement in California made several types with different properties. It might be that a special type of cement

one other thing to look at is that the cement could be a type not produced in the area it is being shipped too.   ken chapin

I'm not ready to buy this. Many commodities are quoted on a delivered basis, and where they are not markets would correct such price differences quickly. If a more distant producer had an equivalent

Tim's right in saying that cement was shipped over much greater distances than some believe. Data from Susquehanna deliveries in September 1954: NYC 881907 bulk cement from E. Buffalo, NY to North

All; What happened to these gons. after cement service ended? Were the holes covered and used for other service or were the gons. scraped? Thanks; Jeff S.

Hi Mike The cement plant in Laramie has always used local raw materials for its operation. It was built in 1927 as Monolith Portland Cement Company and had its own railroad, the Laramie Valley

I have heard the Mason City IA plants supplied much of the cement used in the Twin Cities. It appears most cement production in Minn occurred in the Duluth area, using limestone imported from

I just looked at the routing. The cars were routed either RI or CGW from Mason City to Northfield MN where they were given to the MN&S for delivery to the MW on the west side of town. A lot of TC

Most of those 'Milwaukee' box cars went to lumber yards. The Milwaukee didn't have access the plants, nor did they have a direct route to the Twin Cities where most of the cement from Mason City went.

Larry Sexton wrote: Larry, Your info on these cars is quite correct, except (according to my data) the number series for the round, air activated, cement canisters cars is 15950-15969; a total of 20

With the talk of icing stations here is a list of ones that were on the Great Northern as of July 1, 1924 (Source: Great Northern Railway Company - Western Fruit Express Company Instructions Governing

The DL&W, D&H and NYC had purpose-built cement container cars--these are the five-container cars mentioned by Mike D. The LV's cars (as far as I know) were all converted from gons. The DL&W also

I believe it was because the war effort needed the roller wheel components for tracked vehicles such as tanks and half tracks, as well as other critical castings required for building war equipment.