David Smith wrote: Columbia Steel in Ironton, UT. also had a continous pig caster. I think it was installed in the 40's but it may have been earlier than that. I've seen a photo taken at Columbia

In a message dated 3/27/2008 2:47:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Elden.J.Gatwood@... writes: Can you give me an example of what those cars would be? >except that the heavy duty

In a message dated 3/27/2008 10:04:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, proto.nscale@... writes: http://www.rocketexpress.biz/ I got several of the N Scale kits, nice. George

AL was of the Nice site. It also points out that the steam Era pigs tended to be somewhat larger than the modern day ones. but still rather trapazoid shaped so they demold easily Dennis

Now that the bell has been rung (or re-rung) on this subject and it has sparked my curiousity, didn't DSS&A have gons that were somewhat close to these? CJM benjaminfrank_hom

Hi Jim Great Pics. I noticed at the bottom of Photo 1 there seems to be a drawing that would include the dimensions of the puller. Any chance you could post the entire page with the drawing?? It

Thank you, Bruce and Ben. Victor

A.T. Kott wrote: " Appearance wise, the end sheets are taller on the non-B&O, non-C&O cars than they are on the MP, M-K-T, Erie, Milw, etc. cars." This is confusing as all heck - MP, M-K-T, etc. care

Or they may not use sand at all - some blast furnaces use continuous pig casting machines. http://www.economyindustrial.com/page4.htm for example These were being used in the steam era. Sloss

Guys - Just wanted to add that we are talking about TWO DIFFERENT offset- side quad hoppers here. The B&O and C&O cars had one angle to their slope sheets, and the other rr's cars had a different

pig was about 2 ft long, 10 in wide, and 4-5 in high. But the sizes varied too. I'm not sure, but I would guess that sizes in the early 1900s were close to the above. Pigs were moved with an

Last time I was at Jason's he had several hoppers in different stages of painting and decaling. But, being all he'll do to the MRC model is paint and decal. You would see it. I looked at my Wheeler

Victor Baird wrote: "Are these gons acurate (pun?)for modeling purposes without any modifications other than carving off the cast on grab irons? If so, can someone point me to articles, reviews or

Victor, At least try a search of the archives before asking. Lots of discussion, and then repeats of that discussion. "Accurail gon" should get lots of hits. Regards Bruce Bruce F.

Are these gons acurate (pun?)for modeling purposes without any modifications other than carving off the cast on grab irons? If so, can someone point me to articles, reviews or posts here? Thanks in

http://www.rocketexpress.biz/ I got several of the N Scale kits, nice. George Hollwedel SUVCWORR@... wrote: What is the URL for the web site? Rich Orr

During the 30s-50s, pigs varied in weight from 40-100 lb. The 100 lb pig was about 2 ft long, 10 in wide, and 4-5 in high. But the sizes varied too. I'm not sure, but I would guess that sizes in the

In Krause and Crist's "The Final Years: New York Ontario & Western Ry", p81, there's a photo of pig iron being trans-loaded between gondola cars and a Great Lakes "boat" (ship) at Oswego, N.Y.,

What is the URL for the web site? Rich Orr

I recall seeing MP gondolas with container spotted at foundries along the Santa Fe in Santa Ana and Elsinore. I checked the April 1966 Railway Equipment Register and found 21 MP cars in the