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Stashing a corpse in a stored covered hopper
Author: henry kisor
Date: 04-15-2012 - 14:28

For a new mystery novel, I'm thinking about opening with a covered hopper being pulled out of a remote siding in the boonies where it had been stored for 18 months or so, and the car being hosed out . . . and human bones dropping out of the hopper.

Questions:

1. When hopper cars are stored for the long term, are their hatches secured in some way so vandals don't drop stuff into the cars? If so, how? How difficult would it be for a murderer to break through the security?

2. How are hoppers (I'm thinking in particular of grain hoppers) cleaned before reuse?

Thanks to all.

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  Stashing a corpse in a stored covered hopper henry kisor 04-15-2012 - 14:28
  Re: Stashing a corpse in a stored covered hopper Matt Farnsworth 04-15-2012 - 15:08
  Re: Stashing a corpse in a stored covered hopper WAF 04-15-2012 - 17:33
  Re: Stashing a corpse in a stored covered hopper SLOCONDR 04-15-2012 - 19:59
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper Bruce Kelly 04-15-2012 - 20:42
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper henry kisor 04-16-2012 - 04:01
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper WAF 04-16-2012 - 06:36
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper WAF 04-16-2012 - 06:58
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper CPRR 04-16-2012 - 08:48
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper Henry Kisor 04-16-2012 - 09:54
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper Reid 04-16-2012 - 14:45
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper Henry Kisor 04-16-2012 - 15:10
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper arlen sheldrake 04-16-2012 - 16:31
  Re: Corpses actually found in a stored covered hopper m 04-16-2012 - 18:58
  Maybe more than you should or want to know But who knows? 04-16-2012 - 20:33
  Re: Maybe more than you should or want to know Henry Kisor 04-17-2012 - 06:23


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