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Where is some information on Griffin Wheel Co?

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Where is some information on Griffin Wheel Co?
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 4, 2004 1:51 PM
Hi! While reading the Ask Trains section in the Trains Magazine that arrived yesterday, I noticed a question about wheel sizes. The answer had the sizes of the wheels by Griffin Wheel. I wouldn't have noticed that if I hadn't been simulating a siding called Griffin Wheel on the outskirts of West Chicago Yard that very morning! So, I am wondering, is this the main factory or just a distributer?

I wouldn't think it would be the factory, In the several years I've lived here, I've only seen I flatcar with wheels!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 4, 2004 3:05 PM
You could try:

www.griffinwheel.com

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, April 4, 2004 5:33 PM
...Go right to Google and type that Co. name in and bingo...You have the answer.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 4, 2004 6:43 PM
The link I left above is the company website per their ad in Railway Age.

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, April 4, 2004 11:34 PM
Griffin wheel has had plants& foundries in at least Chicago, St.Louis (empty now alongside I-70 near downtown) and Colton, CA....
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west

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