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Re: And a new hopper car
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:49:43 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.%NoSpam%net
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> John Neal wrote:
> >
> > KCS (?) used these
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> What do you mean by "these" in this context? I mention a lot of car
> types.
Sorry, I was referring to the KCS (Kansas City Southern Lines) custom
hopper/gondola cars they built.
> 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 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.
Yes, drop-bottom gons are another hybrid type, but different. Those were
literary gons whose bottoms dropped [1]. The hopper/gondola I was mentioning
*appears* like a hopper with short walls.
-John
[1] The Milwaukee Road used a lot of those; might have to model a few....8 wide
of course;-)
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