The only Airslide car in S was an early NASG sponsored brass model. I suspect that the 70 ton PS-2 cars as produced by SHS were NOT commonly used for grain, but for cement and mineral or chemical transportation.
Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 11/8/11, ctxmf74 <[email protected]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], > "Bill Nielsen" <wrangler@...> wrote: > > The flour was unloaded from the hopper cars and piped > under the highway to the bakery. I remember seeing the > hoppers as a kid, and noticing that some looked different > (original Airslides). > > The Maine Central had some covered hoppers used to > carry wooden clothespins, although they were rebuilt from > open offset side hoppers and had side extensions to increase > the height of the car. Here's a picture of one: > > Hi Bill, I've seen photos of single bay airslides > unloading at bulk flour facilities, I think they replaced > the bagged flour in boxcar shipments in the 60s. Can't > recall if anyone makes an S scale airslide model or kit? > That clothes pin car is really neat. Do you have any > idea where they sent the clothes pins and what the receiving > industry might look like? > Regards, DaveBranum ------------------------------------ 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/
