In the mid 60's A.O. Smith in Milwaukee built a lot of it.
CB&Q had some flats assigned so they got a percentage of the
business. Think it usually went via MILW-IHB-CB&Q-Kansas City.
Russ
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From: "Bob Webber" <rgz17@comcast.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 17 March, 2009 17:17
Subject: Re: [CBQ] transporting auto frames
> They were typically in gons or flats - special racks and tie downs
> for them - the WISE division of the NMRA used to sell them. Not sure
> if you can still get them. They used to include instructions.
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> At 05:08 PM 3/17/2009, you wrote:
>>Sorry ofr the cross posting to several lists but I thought several
>>might have answers to this. I'm curious about how auto frames were
>>transported in various eras. I'm guessing that it would have begun
>>withy boxcars or gondolas, but were there any specially designes
>>cars or specially equipped flats for this purpose. It looks like
>>some of this traffic passed through Keokuk -- TP&W to CRI&P.
>>Duncan Cameron
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