Eric
You are right. I realized after I sent the E-mail,
that you said composite cars. The Q had some composite
mill gons but, it was late and I had a senior moment.
first chance I get I can look at the diagram book.
John
--- Eric Mumper <eric_mumper@m...> wrote:
> John,
> Thanks for the reply. I went back to my handy
> dandy Q in the
> Coalfields Bulletin and looked up the cars you
> mentioned and they are
> not the cars shown at Anthony. The GE-1 and GE-2
> are all steel cars and
> the cars in my photo are composite gons. The drop
> end gons are a car
> class on the Q I am completely unfamiliar with, but
> may have been used
> for other implement companys (Cat, John Deere,
> Austin Western). I plan
> on bringing these pictures to the annual meet
> because they show an
> interesting aspect of the Q that is rarely (at least
> to me) seen. I
> also need to identify the trucks being loaded as
> well.
>
> Eric Mumper
>
> "John D. Mitchell, Jr." wrote:
> >
> > 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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