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Re: [BRHSlist] re: car seals: grain door mfg

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From: "Kenneth H Thompson" <KTHOMPSON4@wi.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:48:19 -0500
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Western Weighing did install grain doors.  My brother-in-law worked for them
in the 60's installing grain doors at all the different elevators around the
Milwaukee area.
He's given me a lot of insight on how it was done.

Ken T.
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From: "Virginia Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 5:13 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] re: car seals: grain door mfg


>
> Tks Pete - I contacted Signode to ask where distribution warehouse(s) were
> in midwest that the box car would have originated and whether they ever
had
> their own railcars.  I believe Signode still makes the wrap for  those
bulk
> loads of lbr (some great HO detail parts made for this but that said in
the
> pre-BN era most lbr was  shipped in boxcars or if on a flat, was NOT
covered
> by wrappers.  I can recall the grain door opening covers stacked in ground
> by elevators for installation and also meeting a Fed grain insp. once -
> didn't Western Weighing once install these as well?  Torn doors hanging
out
> of door openings on empty 40' box cars were a common sight back then.
Same
> HO mfg makes those lumber wrappers makes the door liners too I believe but
I
> make my own.  Great modeling detail!
>
>
> Gerald A. Edgar
>
> 230 W. 5th St.
> Garner, IA 50438-1404
>
> (641) 923-2573
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