[CBQ] Canadian Sand Trains of the 1960s

[Leo <qutlx1@aol.com>]

At a get together tonight Roger Field asked about the Canadian unit sand trains 
of the late 60s,early 70s that originated at Ottowa,IL with a fill at Wedron. 
Typically #86 on a Saturday night would bring the train to Eola where it would 
get a complete mechanical inspection including brass change outs and repacks 
while in the classification yard on Sunday; before, as he remembered, it went 
to Chicago and the Grand Trunk. He recalled it being both Q and GTW covered 
hoppers.

Any idea what industry in that time period could use a unit train of silica 
sand ? This is 40 plus years before fracking.

Leo Phillipp



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