Wood grain doors
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Jared Harper
Anyone have pictures of wood grain doors in storage? Thanks. Jared Harper |
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Guy Wilber
Jared, Search “Grain Minnesota” within the Library of Congress collection. I believe there are additional photos such as this. Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada  Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada On Jun 16, 2022, at 1:44 PM, Jared Harper <harperandbrown@...> wrote:
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that’s a great search Guy. Lots of interesting images. I really liked this one. Fodder for a different kind of layout.
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 Rob On Jun 19, 2022, at 6:33 AM, Guy Wilber via groups.io <guycwilber@...> wrote: Jared, Search “Grain Minnesota” within the Library of Congress collection. I believe there are additional photos such as this. Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada On Jun 16, 2022, at 1:44 PM, Jared Harper <harperandbrown@...> wrote:
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Jared here are few photos. Usually they were stacked haphazardly near the tracks or the depot. The stack of doors on the FtDDM&S is an impressive pile. Don’t know the location, but would guess Fort Dodge, or perhaps Des Moines.
Doug Harding https://www.facebook.com/douglas.harding.3156/ Youtube: Douglas Harding Iowa Central Railroad
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Rich Gibson
Hi all, I feel a bit hesitant to ask this, but as a non-granger road modeler, I hope that I will be forgiven… Rich Gibson |
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Nelson Moyer
Unless a car is being loaded or unloaded, you will never see grain doors because the car doors are closed and sealed while the car is in transit. I see trains with open box car doors, grain doors and loads on model railroads, but that’s not prototypical. It’s OK to have a car with open doors spotted by an elevator for loading or unloading, but not OK on moving cars except when an elevator car puller is in operation.
Grain doors were stenciled for return to the railroad owning them. I guess it’s OK to have a small stack of grain doors next to an elevator, feed mill, or freight house waiting to be returned.
Nelson Moyer
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Hi all, I feel a bit hesitant to ask this, but as a non-granger road modeler, I hope that I will be forgiven…
Rich Gibson
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not sure about New England, but in Vancouver BC (which is a long ways from the grain belt) there were dedicated storage buildings for grain doors from sometime in the 1920s until boxcars ceased to be used. If grain was moving to a flour mill, or export terminal, or anything else, i imagine you’d find them.
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Rob On Jun 20, 2022, at 6:45 AM, Rich Gibson via groups.io <richgibson89@...> wrote: Hi all, I feel a bit hesitant to ask this, but as a non-granger road modeler, I hope that I will be forgiven… Rich Gibson |
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Jared Harper
Thanks.
Jared Harper Athens, GA |
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Jared Harper
Wow! Thanks. I should have known that you are the go to person for odd requests. Based on your photos I am going to have to make a lot more.
Jared Harper Athens, GA |
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Rich Gibson
Thanks Nelson, that helps a lot. I was wondering why I’ve never seen any in photos of my model subjects. That explains it. Rich |
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A few more photos.
Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA   |
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Guy Wilber
Rich wrote:
“As an early 1950’s New England modeler, I’m wondering if a car with grain doors would ever show up in that part of the world.” One option would be bulk shipments of various types of animal feed for use in both the dairy and poultry trade (dressed chickens and eggs) within New England. Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada |
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