I bet garbage was hauled in gons in many places. I know that one community had a contest to names the train -- "the excess express"comes to mind. Bill Winans Prescott Valley, AZ --- In [email protected], Jamie Bothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 21, 2006, at 9:42 PM, raisinone wrote: > > > > > As to the second question, with the exception of liquids or > > granulated material, I'm not sure what load isn't appropriate for a > > gon!! <G> > > > > Jim K > > > Jim, > I've heard tell of the PRR hauling the renderings from > slaughterhouses around in gondolas. It was basically white semi > liquid fat from all the animals killed. Supposedly it didn't smell > too good. Can you imagine? So sometimes even liquids were > appropriate for gons. > Jamie Bothwell > > [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/ <*> 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/
