Mr Eager sez I can forward this. Since the Evans RBL is one of the few relatively modern cars we have in S, I thought it might be interesting. --- tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Eager To: [email protected]
Tim O'Connor wrote: > Plywood? Weren't all these cars RBL (insulated) designs? Why would > lumber require temperature protection? Plywood is not lumber, it's a composite laminate that has to be protected from moisture. These RBLs, with their plug doors were exceptionally water-tight and their centered 16ft door opening made them highly attractive for loading/unloading plywood and millwork. As others have pointed out, the Evergreen and WP double plug cars were assigned to Klamath Falls for plywood and perhaps paper pulp loading (hence the vents on some). Many of the Evans 52ft dbl plug Blue Island reefers were leased to plywood, milllwork and paper pulp manufacturers: Astoria Plywood, Bend Millworks, Boise Cascade, Coin Millwork, Fort Vancouver Plywood, Georgia Pacific, Louisiana Pacific, Mountain Pine Lumber, Multnomah Plywood, Plywood Marketing Associates' many associated producers, Northwest Hardwoods, St Regis, Simpson Timber, States Veneer, Quinault Pacific, Willamette Industries, and Weyerhaeuser, for example. Jim Eager <[email protected]> Toronto, Ontario, Canada [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
