Thanks for all the responses - does anyone know of any photos of frames loaded
in either gons or on flats? (Q ones of course)
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cy Svobodny" <ctsvobodny@yahoo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Auto frames on flats
Befpre the flat car loads of auto/truck frames they used gondolas with a steel
framework on one end to support the frames at a angle
and a tiedown framework to keep them from shifting. Years ago somebody made a
frame load for gons, all the modeler had to do was
fabricate the framework. The framework stayed with the car when it was
backhauled empty. The flat car loads consist of 8 stacks (2
wide x 4 long) and the flats are also backhauled empty with the tie downs on
the deck. Loaded or MT, gon or flat they make an
interesting nodel.
--- On Tue,:
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 6:12 AM
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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