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Re: And a new hopper car
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 9 Sep 1999 15:58:54 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@USWEST.NETsaynotospam
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Frank Filz wrote:
What you have failed to consider is the hopper/gondola hybrid, which looks
like a cut-off hopper car. Of course, I would defer to Lar for definitive
details;-)
-John
> The most definitive thing I see as characterizing a gondola v.s. a
> hopper is that hoppers are tall and gondolas are short. Gondolas with
> bottom doors/chutes are usually refered to as drop bottom gondolas.
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> Frank Filz
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| (...) The most definitive thing I see as characterizing a gondola v.s. a hopper is that hoppers are tall and gondolas are short. Gondolas with bottom doors/chutes are usually refered to as drop bottom gondolas. (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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