Hi Dave, I have no idea where they shipped the clothespins to, but I suspect they were the older, one-piece versions rather than the type with the spring clips, which would be likely to clog and come apart during the loading and unloading of the car. I lived in South Florida all my life (within 50 miles of where I was born), so I don't often get to see many pieces of Maine Central equipment. I remembered hearing about the clothespin car somewhere (maybe from Don Thompson) many years ago, and it was such an odd commodity for a hopper car that it stuck in my mind. When I Googled it that picture came up, so I posted it here. I didn't look much at the other links once I found the picture, so you might want to Google it yourself. If you discover anything, let us know...
Bill in FL --- In [email protected], "ctxmf74" <ctxm@...> 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/
