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1. [BRHSlist] Re: Foreign Line Coal Cars (score: 1)
Author: William Barber <clipperw@EarthLink.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:47:03 -0600
This is a question that I am sure John Mitchell can answer. In looking through BB #35, I find a few photos which show foreign line hopper and gondolas in Q steam era coal trains. Was this common or w
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-11/msg00110.html (8,987 bytes)

2. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Foreign Line Coal Cars (score: 1)
Author: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:02:12 -0600
Bill, At least in the mid-sixties there was no effort made to get foreign hoppers off-line. Some trains might be up in the 50% foreign area. For an example there was a regular movement in SLSF 9xxxx
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-11/msg00113.html (10,851 bytes)

3. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Foreign Line Coal Cars (score: 1)
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 12:26:46 -0800 (PST)
Bill, Russ is right about the mid 60's, but earlier Q coal trains had 5-10% foreign cars, sometimes(many times)less. As I said in BB #35, they showed up several ways. Some had come in loaded and were
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-11/msg00134.html (13,272 bytes)

4. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Foreign Line Coal Cars (score: 1)
Author: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:22:42 -0600
Sorry, the above was not meant to mean what it appears to. The gondola paragraph means just what it says but the comment about 40' common box cars should have been above it, not below it. 40' common
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-11/msg00135.html (9,857 bytes)

5. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Foreign Line Coal Cars (score: 1)
Author: "Steven Holding" <s.holding@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 22:52:57 -0600
And it wasn't only hoppers and box. There are letters in the Ill State Historical Library from the IT where they would steal reefers from beer service to send to Staley in Decatur for corn suryp load
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-11/msg00139.html (14,751 bytes)


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