Hank, here is a list of cars containing iron ore that were bad ordered on the M&StL. It will give you an idea of the variety of cars that were used in this service.
ACL 56154 XM 4/15/50 ore
ATSF 137398 XM 5/6/50 ore
C&O 17182 9/25/59 ore
D&RGW 68248 XM 11/9/49 ore
GN 52734 XM 2/7/49 ore
NP 28370 XM 10/31/59 ore
NYC 164067 XM 10/27/49 ore
PLE 30766 1/9/50 ore
PRR 100141 XM 4/5/48 ore
SLSF 129832 XM 7/22/48 ore
SOU 20202 XM 3/6/50 ore
UP 180510 XM 12/10/49 ore
UP 22528 GB 2/3/49 ore
WM 27550 XM 12/16/49 ore
Report is the following are Hart ballast cars:
NP 70033 9/4/58 hopper ore
NP 85349 9/4/58 hopper ore
NP 87248 9/4/58 hopper ore
B&O 623140 HT 7/10/59 iron ore
CGW 6839 7/10/59 iron ore
CGW 6839 7/14/59 iron ore
CGW 6852 7/18/59 iron ore
CGW 69002 7/2/59 iron ore
CGW 69002 7/4/59 iron ore
CGW 69009 7/18/59 iron ore
CGW 6911 6/27/59 iron ore
CGW 6911 6/30/59 iron ore
M&StL 30069 GS 2/28/59 iron ore
M&StL 66311 HT 7/3/59 iron ore
M&StL 66311 HT 7/10/59 iron ore
M&StL 66353 HT 7/10/59 iron ore
M&StL 66353 HT 7/10/59 iron ore
M&StL 66353 HT 7/11/59 iron ore
M&StL 66427 HT 7/3/59 iron ore
NYC 109742 XM 7/12/59 iron ore
NYC 876067 7/18/59 iron ore
WAB 37488 7/10/59 iron ore
Doug Harding
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