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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar
Was there an expectation that empty barrels would be returned?
Regards
Paul Woods
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Was there an expectation that empty barrels would be returned?
Regards
Paul Woods
---- On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 02:48:13 +1300 Malcolm H. Houck via Groups.Io <Indian640@...> wrote ----
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Paul Woods <paul@...>
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#170725
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Re: Adjusting the gondola fleet
Who models their fleet based on staging? (Other than maybe Clark P) you should have some off-layout storage also or you’re gonna get bored with the same cars and your operators will begin to know
Who models their fleet based on staging? (Other than maybe Clark P) you should have some off-layout storage also or you’re gonna get bored with the same cars and your operators will begin to know
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Brian Carlson
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar
Guy,
Thanks for the answers. I’m glad to have learned something new today.
Regards,
-Jeff
Guy,
Thanks for the answers. I’m glad to have learned something new today.
Regards,
-Jeff
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Aley, Jeff A
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#170723
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar
Jeff wrote:
“I see a series of at least 5 rings where the car side meets the roof. What are they?”
Lifting rings to which chain blocks were attached for lifting automobiles or light trucks
Jeff wrote:
“I see a series of at least 5 rings where the car side meets the roof. What are they?”
Lifting rings to which chain blocks were attached for lifting automobiles or light trucks
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Guy Wilber
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Re: Adjusting the gondola fleet
Thank you John for the info and attachment. This will help me narrow down my choices as I have only room for 2 additional gondolas in the fleet due to a limited amount and length of the staging
Thank you John for the info and attachment. This will help me narrow down my choices as I have only room for 2 additional gondolas in the fleet due to a limited amount and length of the staging
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Fran Giacoma
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar
Hi Jeff,
I'm going to offer some hunches, and I'll probably be corrected in due course!
The boxcar interior first. When I was at the NPTCo in the early 1960s, that car would have been classified by
Hi Jeff,
I'm going to offer some hunches, and I'll probably be corrected in due course!
The boxcar interior first. When I was at the NPTCo in the early 1960s, that car would have been classified by
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Todd Sullivan
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#170720
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Re: Priming w/Yellow
Thank you Bill!
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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
Thank you Bill!
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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
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Tim O'Connor
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#170719
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar
In the first photo (link reproduced here:https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/photos/id/100971/rec/1247 ), I see a series of at least 5 rings where the car side meets the roof. What are
In the first photo (link reproduced here:https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/photos/id/100971/rec/1247 ), I see a series of at least 5 rings where the car side meets the roof. What are
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Aley, Jeff A
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar (Cement)
This suggests a rail/marine scene, as in the 19th and early 20th centuries China came to North America in the holds of ships, packed just like that. Visit the 1886 steel sailing ship Balclutha[0] at
This suggests a rail/marine scene, as in the 19th and early 20th centuries China came to North America in the holds of ships, packed just like that. Visit the 1886 steel sailing ship Balclutha[0] at
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Nolan Hinshaw
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Re: Adjusting the gondola fleet
Fran,
The attached spreadsheet is an excerpt from a much larger spreadsheet compiled by the late Tim Gilbert of through trains between Potomac Yard and Monroe Virginia. Most of the gons were in
Fran,
The attached spreadsheet is an excerpt from a much larger spreadsheet compiled by the late Tim Gilbert of through trains between Potomac Yard and Monroe Virginia. Most of the gons were in
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John King
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#170716
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Re: Adjusting the gondola fleet
Thanks for all the replies. As info, I am doing this same project with the flat cars on my layout so I will use the results here with them also.
Clyde - great idea looking at photos of trains.
Thanks for all the replies. As info, I am doing this same project with the flat cars on my layout so I will use the results here with them also.
Clyde - great idea looking at photos of trains.
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Fran Giacoma
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar (Cement)
Tim,
I don’t think it has much affect. Depending on the size of the drums, they fit nicely on a pallet, which was easier to handle. Four 55 gallon steel drums fit nicely onto a 48 inch
Tim,
I don’t think it has much affect. Depending on the size of the drums, they fit nicely on a pallet, which was easier to handle. Four 55 gallon steel drums fit nicely onto a 48 inch
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Mont Switzer
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar (Cement)
I do not have access to the file in the SRHA archives right now but the Southern Railway file on the construction of Fontana Dam in Western NC describes the railroad carried many thousands (20+?) of
I do not have access to the file in the SRHA archives right now but the Southern Railway file on the construction of Fontana Dam in Western NC describes the railroad carried many thousands (20+?) of
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George Eichelberger
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar (Cement)
So the fork lift and the wood pallet doomed most barrel use?
Tim O'
So the fork lift and the wood pallet doomed most barrel use?
Tim O'
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Tim O'Connor
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Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar
Barrels for cement were indeed very common and the Rosendale Consolidated Cement Company (Rosendale NY) shipped over 100 paper -lined barrels of cement per day in the early days of the last century.
Barrels for cement were indeed very common and the Rosendale Consolidated Cement Company (Rosendale NY) shipped over 100 paper -lined barrels of cement per day in the early days of the last century.
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Malcolm H. Houck
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar (Cement)
Well, Doug's chart certainly explains the dearth of cement barrel photos.
As to overall cement shipments, here is a chart of a sampling of cement shipments from the Modeling the CNW in Milwaukee,
Well, Doug's chart certainly explains the dearth of cement barrel photos.
As to overall cement shipments, here is a chart of a sampling of cement shipments from the Modeling the CNW in Milwaukee,
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Bob Chaparro
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Re: C&O 40' 1930 Automobile Boxcar
Romani ite domum
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Randy Hammill
Prototype Junction
http://prototypejunction.com
Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954
http://newbritainstation.com
Romani ite domum
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Randy Hammill
Prototype Junction
http://prototypejunction.com
Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954
http://newbritainstation.com
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Randy Hammill
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#170709
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar (Cement)
Fine china sometimes was shipped i barrels, padded with excelsior.
Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
Fine china sometimes was shipped i barrels, padded with excelsior.
Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
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Richard Townsend
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#170708
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar (Cement)
Lots of things used to be shipped in barrels at one time. Another example would be nails, which used to come in small size barrels called kegs. Last time I saw a nail keg was in the sixties while in
Lots of things used to be shipped in barrels at one time. Another example would be nails, which used to come in small size barrels called kegs. Last time I saw a nail keg was in the sixties while in
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Dennis Storzek
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#170707
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Re: Photo: Barrels in A Boxcar (Cement)
There is a photo of a cement barrel on this site: http://northampton.thelehighvalleypress.com/2019/07/10/remembering-coplay-cement-company-progress-industry
What does a barrel of cement weight?
There is a photo of a cement barrel on this site: http://northampton.thelehighvalleypress.com/2019/07/10/remembering-coplay-cement-company-progress-industry
What does a barrel of cement weight?
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Douglas Harding
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#170706
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