[CBQ] re: Covers for quad hoppers

["Gerald A. Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>]

I also recall seeing many temporary covers on normally open top 
hoppers in grain country.  However I've seen another application 
(whether the Q ever did so for this reason, I cannot say).  Namely on 
C&NW (& UP since merger), a couple hoppers of ballast had covers on 
them for winter storage in Wisconsin.  Normally ballast work is done 
in the spring and summer so freezing is not a concern but a few 
carloads were kept in storage during the winter for emergency 
application.  Gerald

PS -  as I recall the covers for the Q hoppers were made @ Havelock?





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