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Re: NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale
Author: E.H. Scaryman
Date: 06-26-2021 - 21:18

trackwalker Wrote:
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> Watching the video, I was remembering seeing those
> SP chip cars (or something quite similar) in real
> life eons ago on a family trip down south. Now, I
> wonder; how did they dump them? I am familiar with
> the chip cars here in the Northwest, and the end
> dumping. So,perhaps someone can explain how they
> dumped.

On the GC gons as pictured there was a center beam running down the length of the car. On either side I guess you would call them trapdoors, which were used for bottom dumping.

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  NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale E.H. Scaryman 06-26-2021 - 18:23
  Re: NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale 06-26-2021 - 18:35
  Re: NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale trackwalker 06-26-2021 - 19:46
  Re: NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale E.H. Scaryman 06-26-2021 - 21:18
  Re: NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale trackwalker 06-27-2021 - 04:34
  Re: NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale Bob the Train Guy 06-28-2021 - 07:25
  Re: NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale John 06-29-2021 - 10:23
  Re: NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale Bob the Train Guy 06-30-2021 - 07:01
  Re: NWP Eel River Canyon in N Scale John 06-30-2021 - 08:55


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