Back in 2006 the Keystone Modeler had a short article on gondolas carrying offal, basically the stomach contents of animals from the slaughter house.
Here is a mention from a post on this list at that time: "There was a write-up on the "offal" cars in the Keystone Modeler on-line magazine. The load was basically a thick liquid, described as looking like vanilla milkshake. I don't know how the cars were loaded or unloaded, but one of the problems mentioned in the article was that sudden braking by the train would cause the load to slop out over the ends (even more fun for the brakeman to deal with). Cars for this service would be older, as I doubt they were used for anything else afterward. The author modeled such a car by inserting a flat sheet of off-white painted styrene in a 40' gon with a bit of random "texture", and then simulating the "slop" with off-white paint on one end of the car." No mention in the article of simulating the odor. Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 8/16/11, raisinone <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan: > Yuck...! When I was researching the GPEX Pfaudler > Milk Cars, I found references to the IC moving Pfaudler's > long after their milk hauling days carrying animals blood in > the tanks. They moved from northern Illinois slaughter > plants to processors down state to become an ingredient in > fire fighting foam. This would be in the late > 60's. Betcha those puppies were a joy to load and > unload! > > To ratchet forward for the contemproary guys... > Recently I was trackside in Fostoria when a container train > came through loaded predominantly with containers of some > eastern city's garbage - phew!!! > > Jim Kindraka ------------------------------------ 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/
