Fwd: [CBQ] Locomotive Sand Delivery

[qutlx1@aol.com]

I also seem to recall pictures of gons full of sand being shovelled into the sand bin at various roundhouses.

 

The key to engine sand was to dry it out in the sand house before loading it into the sand boxes on the engines.

 

Another of those not so nice sides of railroading is laying on the ROW in snow or a rain storm with a piece of wire trying to get stuck sanders to flow.

 

Leo Phillipp

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Subject:	Fwd: [CBQ] Locomotive Sand Delivery
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Date:	Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:32:34 -0400 (EDT)
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Company service sand was moved in company service box cars. It was also used for other purposes in addition to locomotive sanding. As an example.... sanding ice coated switching leads after a sleet storm.

 

One of the not so pleasant sides of railroading.

 

In later years some of the sand hoppers were converted for company service and then used to move engine sand. They were painted an attractive company service orange and black scheme.

 

Leo Phillipp

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I was looking at the drawings of the Eola coal chute in Mainline Modeler and wondered about the type of car used to deliver locomotive sand to either the coal chutes or more modern sanding towers. Would they have been company cars; box, gon or hopper? Know of any photos?

Thanks,

Bob Herrick

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