Steve
At one time, my dad ran the "Ottumwa Box Car Loader"
at the Zeigler #2 Mine. I mentioned box car loaders in
BB#35 and there is also a picture of a stock car to be
loaded at the Orient #1 Mine.
John
--- Steven Holding <s.holding@charter.net> wrote:
> In Ottumwa Iowa there was once a company which made
> loaders just for
> box/stock car loading
> The Ottumwa Box Car Loader Co.
> sjh
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Allen" <tarfu64@hotmail.com>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:15 AM
> Subject: RE: [CBQ] Non-livestock stock cars
>
>
> >
> > My grandfather was a miner in Iowa in the 1910's -
> 1920's and he used to
> > speak of using old stock cars to haul coal. I
> asked how they loaded them,
> > he said that they had a chute rigged to bring the
> coal in through one of
> the
> > doors and it was shoveled by hand to the ends. I
> think he said that they
> > only filled them about half way. He also said,
> not surprisingly, the
> miners
> > hated the stock cars and would beat them around as
> much as possible in the
> > hopes that they would be condemned. Apparently
> they were sometimes
> > successful as he spoke of the railroad (I think)
> burning some of the cars
> at
> > the mine to salvage the steel.
> >
> > Also, in a book I have about the Muscatine North
> and South railroad (sorry
> I
> > can't remember the author), there is a picture of
> an old stock car being
> > loaded with walnut stumps to be used in the
> production of gun stocks.
> >
> > Have a good day,
> >
> > Bill Allen
> >
> > >From: "Rupert and Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
> > >Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: <CBQ@YahooGroups.com>
> > >Subject: [CBQ] Non-livestock stock cars
> > >Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:16:42 +1300
> > >
> > >Listers
> > >
> > >In ORER's between about 1913 and 1917, some of
> the old 34' stock cars
> (the
> > >remains of various single- and double-deck groups
> built by Pullman, Wells
> &
> > >French, etc. between about 1887 and 1892) are
> noted "Not to be used for
> > >live stock loading", presumably because they were
> no longer fit for the
> > >job.
> > >
> > >These cars were listed in the revenue section as
> opposed to being
> numbered
> > >for company service. Other old stock cars of the
> period were shown as
> > >having roof doors for loading coke, but not these
> ones. If they could
> not
> > >be used for live stock, does anyone have any
> suggestions what they might
> > >have been used for?
> > >
> > >Rupert
> > >
> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> > >
> >
> >
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