Re: [CBQ] Hopper door types

["Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>]

John

Thanks for this.  My reference material showed that all the hoppers built by 
the CB&Q after 1930 (at least until 1948) had 
Enterprise doors but it is the earlier ones built before 1930 that I'm 
interested in.

I found reports of court proceedings commenced by Enterprise against other 
companies for patent infringement over the door mechanism 
but the earliest one was 1935, so I suspect that it may have been the only 
proprietary design until that time.

The other hopper doors I haven't identified are those fitted to the five Corten 
steel hoppers numbered 191995-9 built in 1935 by 
Pressed Steel.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Manion" <railbass@comcast.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Hopper door types


>I have several HO Proto 2000 models of the CB&Q 50 ton war emergency
> hoppers.   They have, in accordance with the instructions from
> Life-Like, Enterprise door mechanisms.   Life-Like says to use the
> Enterprise mechanisms for CB&Q or GM&O.
> - John Manion
>  Denver, CO
>
> Does anyone know what sort of discharge doors were fitted to open hoppers up
> to and including the HT-4's - that is, those built between 1926 and 1930?
> Were they Enterprise doors as found on most of the later hopper types?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ



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