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Re: Ex-EBT Hoppers

Author: Outsider

Date: 04-23-2011 - 10:29

John West Wrote:
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> Actually most of that sheet metal work was done
> back in 2000 on that one car (and we spent way too
> much money on it, which is why it looks so nice,
> but that's another story). Our original plans for
> ballasting were changed by differing FRA
> priorities, so the cars sat unused for several
> years. Finally the ballasting was started, the
> rest of the cars got some work, and they did
> yeoman service. I have seen some pix indicated one
> or more of the ex-EBT cars got a major rebuild and
> modification for ballast service. Since the cars
> were built for coal service, I was worried that
> overloading with ballast would kill them fairly
> quickly, but they must be robust cars since they
> seem to have held up reasonably well.
>
> JBWX

Is there any chance that you could provide a Who, What, When, Where, Why kind of explanation for this post?

tks

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Outsider Wrote:
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> John West Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Actually most of that sheet metal work was done
> > back in 2000 on that one car (and we spent way
> too
> > much money on it, which is why it looks so
> nice,
> > but that's another story). Our original plans
> for
> > ballasting were changed by differing FRA
> > priorities, so the cars sat unused for several
> > years. Finally the ballasting was started, the
> > rest of the cars got some work, and they did
> > yeoman service. I have seen some pix indicated
> one
> > or more of the ex-EBT cars got a major rebuild
> and
> > modification for ballast service. Since the
> cars
> > were built for coal service, I was worried that
> > overloading with ballast would kill them fairly
> > quickly, but they must be robust cars since
> they
> > seem to have held up reasonably well.
> > 
> > JBWX
> 
> Is there any chance that you could provide a Who,
> What, When, Where, Why kind of explanation for
> this post? 
> 
> tks

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