Ulrich did make a cast metal GS w/drop doors some
years ago. I got one, it's a great model. Walthers
took over and it disappeared as well as other Ulrich
items.
--- richtownsend@netscape.net wrote:
> The C&S used drop-bottom GS gondolas (16500-17499)
> and USRA 55-ton twin hoppers (18000-18299). C&S
> generally did not use classes. Accurail makes a
> USRA hopper lettered for the C&S (actually two
> versions, but the one with the circular C&S herald
> is too early for you), and Intermountain did a
> special run of Tichy USRA hoppers with C&S
> lettering. Nobody makes anything close to the GS
> gons.
>
> In the Denver Public Library digital image
> collection, the photo with call number CHS.X5563
> shows a variety of C&S and CB&Q cars at the steel
> mill, but it is earlier than your period. It
> includes a C&S Ingoldsby ore car, which were long
> gone by 1951.
>
> If I find a good on-line photo later I'll post the
> cite.
>
> Richard Townsend
> Lincoln City, Oregon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sellarsmark_aus@yahoo.com
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 2:14 AM
> Subject: [CBQ] Sunrise Ore Shipments
>
>
> Greetings All,
>
> Both the C&S and the CB&Q shipped haematite (an iron
> ore) from the Sunrise Mine in Wyoming to the
> Minnequa Steel works south of Pueblo, Colorado.
>
> What type(s) of cars was the ore shipped in? Ie
> which class/ series?
> My modelling (in HO) period is 1951.
>
> Can any one, please, direct me to some close up
> photos of these cars?
>
> Kindest regards,
> Mark Sellars
> South Australia.
>
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