Re: [CBQ] Spacer Car Question

[Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com]

OK guys..Don't forget that there were always rules about separating cars containing "dangerous"   or "explosives' X number of cars from the  engine or waycar..I think X was usually 5....However it may be that the oil in those days was not considered "dangerous"....I can't remember  for sure but I think there were also rules for  "flamable" or "inflamable" lading being spaced.  All long before the FRA came along

Pete

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From: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Nov 5, 2013 5:14 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Spacer Car Question

 

Yes, I think Leo is right, the FRA came in in 1973 so unless they had something in the timetable it was nothing!

William Jackson

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On Nov 5, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Leo <qutlx1@aol.com> wrote:

 

I do not believe the spacer car practice existed in pre 1990s railroading

Leo Phillipp

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On Nov 5, 2013, at 3:13 PM, "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

It is more likely that those boxcars contained "package products", from the refinery. Those were such things as grease buckets, canned motor oil, and other lubricates in five gallon cans. I remember, as a boy,  seeing the Q switch the refinery at Hartford, Illinois. There was always a long line of tank cars for gasoline, diesel fuel, etc. with few boxcars for package products.

From: Nelson Moyer <ku0a@mchsi.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 2:55 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Spacer Car Question

 

The tank car train in the photo Dave Lotz posted appears to have one or two boxcar behind the FT ABBA set. What was the crew protection rule for spacer cars when transporting explosives and flammables? Were spacers used in front of the waycar and behind the locomotive/tender?

 

Nelson Moyer

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