Southern California had at least two steel plants in that era. One was Kaiser Steel in Fontana, and the other was US Steel in Torrance, both served by the SP, and would have shipped out of state. Bill --- On Wed, 11/10/10, ctxmf74 <[email protected]> wrote:
From: ctxmf74 <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: SP GS Gondola To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 2:36 PM --- In [email protected], "Ed" <loize...@...> wrote: 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. Hi Ed, they were not likely to ship a low value load like sugar beets, sand, gravel, or scrap iron across country but the SP also used these cars for general cargo so a load of manufactured product would be a reason to find one of these on NYC rails. Just need to think what did we make in Cali( or somewhere else in the SP empire) in the 50's that was needed in the other states and that woulda been shipped in gons? Maybe something like a pre-fab steel bulding? or some kind of unique industrial machinery??....dave [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/
