In the 50's, there was dedicated covered hopper service for soda ash from the Pittsburg Plate Glass factory in Barberton, Ohio. The factory was started as Columbia Chemical and was the site of the fir

Is the M1 tender a long distance one or a short one?

Workin' On the Railroad, a 2 volume set, covers many stories. Published in the 60's - 70's.

Much of this came from Barberton, Ohio. The Columbia Chemical Co., known locally as "The Chemical" was the site of the first commercial use of the Solvay process to make this. A plaque next to one of

It was a wharf, on the PRR, thus, no PRR hoppers left the US! Coal was loaded on lakers via gravity.

Actually from Sodus Point, NY, via the old PRR coal loading wharf there (burned down in ?1972?). This was on the PRR line from Canandaigua. I believe the branch from Southport, NY.