Our 3 bay 70 ton PS2 was used for flour...Don T. Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 8, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Pieter Roos <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > [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/
