> > What I can't figure out from the picture is what the ties look like on
> > that trestle. Are they full ties - do they go all the way between the
> > rails? It seems like the coal would pound them to splinters after a
> > while. If they don't go across, how do the rails stay in gauge? It
> > seems like the cars would push the rails outward.
> >
> > This is late 1920's by the way. Sure would like some help on this, as
> > I need a receiver so I can need to build a hopper car.
> >
> > -Michael Eldridge
> > -San Jose, CA
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Mike:
In my travails with the prototype, I have also seen where sections of
rail upside down spanned the opening, and the running rails clamped on
top of them. This was on very small, between the rails types, where
only only one set of hopper doors could be unloaded at a time.
Bob Nicholson
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