Eric
They were not strictly speaking "mill gons". The car
was a 40' drop end class GE-1 or GE-2 which had both
drop end and drop bottom doors. GE-1s had arch bar
trucks, were built by Pressed Steel Car Co. in 1910,
#76000-76999 and GE-2s had Andrews trucks, were built
by Haskell & Barker in 1914, #179000-179999.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- Eric Mumper <eric_mumper@m...> wrote:
> List,
> On one of my trips back to Illinois, I stopped by
> the Streatorland
> Historical Society museum (a neat little place for
> all those who stopped
> by during the Spring meet) and found a stack of
> professional photos
> taken at the Anthony Company. This company made
> dump truck bodies and
> lifts at their Streator plant. Two of the photos
> are extremely
> interesting because they show the trucks being
> circus loaded into Q mill
> gons - one photo outside and one inside the
> building. The photos had no
> dates although I can put an end date on them since
> the only Q car with a
> visible number is an XA-8 which according to
> equipment registers were
> rebuilt and renumbered by 1952. I will try to post
> them if I can get
> them scanned since the type of truck will help with
> dating.
> Long story short, my question has to do with the Q
> mill gons. The cars
> are of composite construction and look very similar
> to the USRA drop
> bottom gons with 9 panels - the center one without
> an angle section. No
> numbers are even remotely visible, but the shot
> inside the building
> clearly shows the drop end. Does anyone know what
> class of car these
> were and/or have any picture reference to them?
> Does anyone out there remember this company and
> switching it in
> Streator?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Eric Mumper
>
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