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Re: And a new hopper car
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:15:50 GMT
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lpieniazek@IHATESPAMnovera.com
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John Neal wrote:
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> KCS (?) used these
What do you mean by "these" in this context? I mention a lot of car
types.
cars in coal fields in Kansas and Arkansas and
> presumably intended them as dual-purpose equipment. They were built in the
> company shops in Pittsburgh, KANSAS and were used in service until the
> '80s.
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> As for other lines using this type of car I am not aware...yet;-)
> (searching)
I know that drop bottom gons were used in MOW service a fair bit, they
are capable of carrying ballast and dumping it between the rails.
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| (...) Sorry, I was referring to the KCS (Kansas City Southern Lines) custom hopper/gondola cars they built. (...) Yes, drop-bottom gons are another hybrid type, but different. Those were literary gons whose bottoms dropped [1]. The hopper/gondola I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: And a new hopper car
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| KCS (?) used these cars in coal fields in Kansas and Arkansas and presumably intended them as dual-purpose equipment. They were built in the company shops in Pittsburgh, KANSAS and were used in service until the '80s. As for other lines using this (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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