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Open Gon loads (Not scrap)
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Robert G P
Hello, I recently saw a cable reel load (in archive footage) that looked like it was just thrown into the gon with zero regard to safety or stabilization. They were laying in all variations. Guess they really were trying to fit them in. I actually liked it. Anyway, ive always loved a good gon load, and it seems variations on what can be spotted never cease. Thus, id like to ask if anyone wanted to share photos of gon loads that can inspire modeling? -Bob |
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I have over 400 digital images of gondola loads... It would help to know what you're interested in. :-D On 8/22/2022 12:47 AM, Robert G P wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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Robert G P
Thanks Tim! Pretty much anything. Cable reels, tarped machinery, crates, farm equipment, pretty much anything thats not too out of the ordinary. -Bob On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 8:45 AM Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
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Here is a gondola load at the Clifton Shop Yard of the Staten Island Rapid Transit.
The B&O gondola is loaded with multiple unit electric car wheels. The photo date is 1945. The three MUE electric cars in that photo wore oddly dimensioned wheels in their maximum traction Commonwealth Steel Castings trucks. Each truck used a pair of 31" diameter leading wheels, with a pair of 34 1/4" diameter traction wheels following, that were geared to a 200 HP GE motor. A good supply of these dimensioned wheels was needed to maintain the SIRT fleet of 90 motor units and 10 trailer units from 1925 when first delivered until the last 40 of those MUE cars still in service were retired and scrapped in 1972. Ed Bommer |
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Philip Dove
Street cars often had trucks with different sized Wheel sets. The 2 different wheel diameters was what defined the truck as a maximum traction truck. |
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