Back in the late 70's (?) the SE Wis Div of the NMRA ("WISE") was in the midst
of a several yr program of ltd edition prototype HO freight cars (Athearn)
including such heretofore 'new' road names as Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western
(east end of the GB&W). They also provided scale loads of auto frames
separately and showed pictures of prototype loading both in 40' gons and on
flats in the instruction sheets. As I recall (have the cars @ home) they were
indeed tied down in two stacks on flats and loaded on end in a slanted row in
gons. Thin black thread was suggested to represent banding. KGB&W is ideal
for CB&Q fans as GB&W interchanged much of their west end traffic with the Q in
Winona. Whether Q flats for such loading went via GB&W, I have no idea but
would have been a Q/GB&W/KGB&W/PM routing to Michigan auto plants.
Gerald
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: soocarman79@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:12:15 +0000
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Auto frames on flats
The auto frames I have seen on flat cars have been tied down. They were on the
Milw going to the Ford plant in St. Paul. As I recall there were 2 stack on the
cars and stacked almost to the height of a box car. A good place to look is the
AAR. They have a book that is just for open top loading and tie down of
equipment.
Mitch
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@...> wrote:
>
> I believe that CB&Q flats were used to carry auto frames, possibly
> MILW-IHB-CB&Q-Kansas City.
> Were they in racks or merely tied down?
>
> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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