Limestone boxcars

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Harry,

    I used to inspect cars that came from the N&W at Collier. When #84 or Turnback came up the hill they would generally have several of these cars in the consist. I recall N&W red, blue and black and Wabash cars. A lot had cracked side sills that had been repared. I've even modeled these cars with the lime piled in each end! On windy days they would make a nice dust cloud!! LOL

Walt Gay
ex-SCL car knocker
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  Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:04 AM
  Subject: Re: Limestone boxcars


  John:
  I first became aware of the doorless box cars in 1970.  How long were they
  in service ?  Probably Jimmy Lisle can you a better answer.  Neither can
  I give you the "drop dead" date on cars equipped with friction bearings.  I
  believe that it's OK to use friction bearings as long as the car remains on
  line and is not interchanged.  I checked the ORER and found that lo and
  behold, Wabash brought some 40 ft. boxes with six foot doors into N&W
  service, but they had only an 80,000 lb. capacity.  How ancient!   The yellow
  ball shown on some cars designated that the car had been inspected for
  the outlawed U-1 wheel.  It wouldn't apply to one of the limestone box cars,
  because the U-1 wheel was for cars with 140,000 lb. capacity.
                                                       Harry Bundy


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