Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> George Andrews Wrote:
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> > Q Wrote:
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> > > A modeling source (TSG vid) says these 1965
> > > Gunderson chip cars can still be found in
> > > "secondary service". OK, so what does
> > "secondary
> > > service" mean? The AAR 40-year interchange
> > rule
> > > applies to these cars, so how can they
> continue
> > to
> > > be used?
> > >
> > > Surprised a freight car would be built with
> > > plywood siding. Wonder why they didn't use
> > steel?
> > > Curious.
> > >
> > It's called FEEDING THE BEAST. Using plyWOOD
> for
> > non - structural sides, in a car that hauls
> > WOODchips, just made sense. I'm sure wood
> products
> > shippers liked seeing that. Also, Espee used to
> > specify Oregon Fir for interior & exterior
> > sheathing for wooden boxcars & PFE reefers.
>
> And it was common to see plywood patches covering
> the holes in both the composite cars, and the old
> G.C. gons. It was also common to see plywood
> patches on the carbodies of the SP units in the
> late 60's.

Dang!