Leo - Bill Haffner who owns the WCHX tank car fleet is a long time
friend of mine. Back in the early 1970s, I sold his dad Walter Haffner condemned
UTLX and GATX rivited tank cars that Pinto Island Metals had bought for
scrap. Mr. Haffner, who I recall was the chief mechanical officer for the
GM&O at the time, took the tank cars, had them reconditioned for naval
stores use and then ran them in non-interchange service for years
afterwards. Mr. Haffner was from the "old school" and a tough negotiator, but
fair person to deal with. There are still one or two of the cars left on an
industrial siding in Mobile that nobody has wanted to scrap since
they are still full of rock hard pine rosin. Bill's a really fine
person if you ever make contact with him. Look forward to the measurements
tomorrow - Louis
In a message dated 1/29/2013 5:28:48 P.M. Central Standard Time,
qutlx1@aol.com writes:
Louis
It's raining cats and dogs here in no ill (yes on 1/29) instead of
snowing but tomorrow or the next day i'll go measure the bell. The gong is
free swinging and the inside of the bell is painted red. My memory of brass
diesel bells were they were unpainted. I will look the top over closely for a
number. Thanks for the info.
You and I have more in common than the Q. For the last 7 years I've made
my living buying RR cars for scrap and reconditioning. I am very familiar with
the various branches of the Pielet family and their enterprises.
Leo
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