Here are the YSD in gondola, I'm sorry I don't recall the source of the photo. -- Matt Smith Bloomington, IL

Question, how were the doors shipped from YSD , on flatcars? gon? boxcar? it would make an interesting load if in an open top car. Rick Jesionowski

You are quite correct, Jon - neither Toluene nor MEK are regarded as being carcinogenic (except in California, where apparently EVERYTHING is) and the effects on the nervous system are reversible to a

AFAIK, ASF had no foundries in Chicago only the corporate office, at least by1973 after this list. Side frames and bolsters would have come from East St. Louis, Illinois until it was closed in 1959,

What's really strange is that MEK is not as bad as any of these replacement chemicals but it's the one we can't easily get. Stupid if you ask me but them no one did.:-D -- Jon

Google (Chrome) has the option to translate, and it did it reasonably well. Matthew Metoyer Santa Maria CA

LCL Cement Gondola Container Article Pardon my French...but most of this article, with many photos, is written in French. Enjoy the

When my LHS stopped stocking MEK because it was, in his words "Too expensive with all the special chemical courier fees to get it delivered", I used my chemistry knowledge left over from my

Bettendorf s/b Iowa in Quad Cities. ASF, Chicago. BTW, we have maps of the H&B shops along with building drawings - and the BoM can be figured from drawings (be a bit of time, but you can do it).

Now the question is where was ASF’s and/or Bettendorf’s foundry where these loads originated? I’m modeling part of Pullman’s Michigan City plant and I’m trying to run down loads of parts

Nolan, I don't see where "the web was cut away". I see shadow. The cross-section of the assembly does not appear to me to be rail based: the base of the "rail" is too wide for its height, the head

In answer to your first question: "ferro-chrome" and "ferro-silicon", as mentioned in message # 166365, from two days ago. There are likely other items, loosely grouped under "minerals". Ed Edward

Two questions: Besides coke, cement and calcium carbide, what other bulk commodities typically were shipped in LCL containers? What were the prime years for LCL container shipments? Thanks. Bob

I don't believe there is any machining on freight car trucks. Clearances are figured so they can be used as cast. Same with Type E couplers. Dennis Storzek

That’s an impressive pair of shots. I can envision cooking up a master for casting a load of truck frames on a rapid prototyper of some sort, and emitting trainloads of loads from any resulting

The rib in the close-up photos upthread looked a whole lot like a piece of rail to me, especially at the bottom end where the web was cut away. Anybody got a definitive statement (with citation) on

Tim, I don't think the "...reinforced ribs are just that...". I think they are replacement ribs. I think they removed the originals, and riveted the bigger better ones on, using mostly the same

Question: I assume these side frames are the raw castings. What if any areas and surfaces were machined before they became part of a functioning truck? Bob Witt

In the paint shed. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io" <chiefbobbb@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date: Wednesday,

In the photo I see truck frames and car doors. Where are the bottle of MEK? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA