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destron@...
I jumped ahead of what I was doing and went through both the 1948 and 1946
lists that were uploaded. I found no C&O ventilated cars in 1946, but in 1948 there were three: 86812 - merchandise 86522 - clay 86824 - meal They don't seem to have been too common around the Alexandria, Manassas, Monroe, Potomac Yard areas in Virginia, as out of 1740 cars listed, only 21 were ventilated cars (VA and VM): the three C&O cars above, plus one ACL, nine L&N, three SAL and five CG. The non-C&O cars were: ACL 18023 - merchandise CG 57180 - clay CG 57478 - merchandise CG 57560 - pipe CG 58048 - merchandise CG 58156 - meal L&N 15731 - machinery L&N 15297 - merchandise L&N 15737 - boards L&N 15741 - yarn L&N 15883 - paper L&N 16048 - yarn L&N 16327 - furniture L&N 98041 - tin plate L&N 98834 - cement SAL 28680 - lumber SAL 89430 - merchandise SAL 89870 - merchandise The 1946 list lists 1938 cars, of which only eleven were VA or VM (none C&O). They were: ACL 17094 - lumber ACL 18102 - Excelsior (I have NO idea what this might have been) CG 56446 - merchandise CG 55469 - merchandise CG 56179 - cement L&N 17718 - ties N&W 65597 - lumber N&W 65646 - lumber SAL 79509 - merchandise SAL 89024 - clay SAL 89303 - niter (??) From all this I would gather that ventilated cars were used in all manner of service, much like boxcars... I hope this was at least interesting, if not very helpful. :) Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails along the Fraser http://hydrorail.rrpicturearchives.net/ - Rail Photos
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mcindoefalls
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, destron@... wrote:
ACL 18102 - Excelsior (I have NO idea what this might have been)Excelsior (wood wool) an Aspen-fiber material similar to wood shavings, used for packaging and teddy bear stuffing. (Not that I knew that . . . Google told me. I was curious because Excelsior Mills is a pretty common place name.) I recall, as a wee laddie, having a teddy bear with a sort of woody stuffing. Walt Lankenau
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al_brown03
Niter is the mineral form of potassium nitrate a.k.a. saltpeter,
presumably shipped in bags. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. --- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, destron@... wrote: and 1946 lists that were uploaded.three: Manassas, Monroe, Potomac Yard areas in Virginia, as out of 1740 cars listed,only 21 were ventilated cars (VA and VM): the three C&O cars above, plusone ACL, nine L&N, three SAL and five CG. The non-C&O cars were:(none C&O). They were:manner of service, much like boxcars...
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Tom Madden <tgmadden@...>
Back before we had styrofoam peanuts, Excelsior was a commonly-usedACL 18102 - Excelsior (I have NO idea what this might have been)Excelsior (wood wool) an Aspen-fiber material similar to wood packing material for glassware and other fragile items. Tom Madden Veni, Vedi, Velcro I came, I saw, I stuck around
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Scott Pitzer
The small "swamp cooler" my grandmother had in the 1960s, apparently
had excelsior in it to hold water up in front of the fan (today they have synthetic pads.) Scott Pitzer
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Tom Madden <tgmadden@...>
Back before we had styrofoam peanuts, Excelsior was a commonly-usedA google search shows excelsior is still readily available. The bulk form seems to be bales, but no matter how much it's compressed, it's still a relatively low density cargo. I have no idea whether, in the steam era, excelsior bales would have any wrapping other than for containment. Seems to me any house car capable of keeping the bales clean and dry would work. Tom Madden
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