Just for clarification, are you suggesting that SP composite side GS cars were found all over the US or rather that GS drop-bottoms were found all over the US? The latter I have no doubts about; the former I am a little more wary of. What are the high-value bulk ladings that would have justified transcontinental shipping? As I noted in responding to Dave Branum's mention that few non-regional coal hoppers showed up on the west coast until late, it doesn't make a lot of sense to ship a carload of coal (or sugar beets) across the country.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > they seem to be a prototype which didn't > > > usually get far from the west coast. > > > Jace Kahn > > > Someone once said that communication is the cause of 80% of the world's > problems. That claim must have been true because our web site clearly states > the following: > > "The GS series of drop-bottom gondola cars saw service all over the nation > from the late 1940s through the 1980s. Wood-planked extension sides were > added to some gondolas for sugar beet service, described in detail here: > www.pwrr.org/prototype/sugarbeet/index.html" > > I believe it was Bob Hogan who said he has photos of this car with a load of > scrap metal in the Atlanta, GA area. Another person, not on this list, has > photos of this car in the Chicago area. There are published photos of this > car in New England. It carred granular loads like sand, gravel, etc. which > could easily be unloaded via the trap doors in the floor. It also carried > pipes, logs, scrap metal, sugar beets (without the extension sides), and who > knows what else. > > I do need to state that this car was used all over the USA for many different > kinds of loads just to eliminate any misunderstanding. Research will show > this and there is photographinc evidence according to many folks we have > spoken with. No, I cannot steer you to a specific page in a particular book. > But others can. > > All of that aside, Jace is correct that this is a unique car with a special > personality. The trap doors have linkage and rods and handles etc. with > which to operate them. Quite different from an ordinary mundane gondola. > The trap doors themselves are an interesting feature -- full of ribs, hinges, > etc. Look at the photos on the web site and you will see. > > Click here in case you have not yet done so: > > http://www.x2011west.org/nasg.html#convcars > > It is true that the sugar beet car saw service mainly in the central valley > of California where the beet fields were located. No doubt about that. > > But y'know....the Mighty NYC will have two sugar beet cars rolling on its > tracks next year because it is a very unusual car which will attract > attention. Yes, it is a bit out of place, but maybe the NYC leased a couple > of cars to try them out for a while. Sort of imagineering a reasonable > excuse for something I just wanted. That's what I like about this hobby -- > the degree of authenticity is whatever you want it to be. I am admittedly a > loose kinda guy. Especially when I am trying to sell a bunch of cars. > > Cheers....Ed L. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [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/
