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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Aluminum cars could be used, but only if the railroad wished to destroy them in a couple of trips. The taconite pellets are too dense and too hard for aluminum cars; it would quickly rip them apart. [/quote] This was one of my main concerns other than chemical reactions. [quote]QUOTE: Coal is commonly a backhaul in the same car -- that's the reason why B&LE and P&LE did not go for jennies, because they are a one-way car only. B&LE continues to this day to haul coal to the Conneaut Dock, and return to the Pittsburgh District mills with ore. [/quote] The B&LE did make extensive use of jennies up until the late 60s. [quote]QUOTE: The article you may be thinking of that describes the ore headhaul, coal-backhaul is in Trains, August 1994, the cover story, "Taconite West, Coal East." I'm kind of familiar with it since I wrote it.[/quote] I'll definitely check this article out. My college's library has subscribed to Trains for decades, so I shouldn't have any trouble finding a copy. [quote]QUOTE: I'm sorry that I don't know what a CoalPorter is. I assume it's a manufacturer's trade name for a particular type of car. [/quote] They're those things that are either tall gondolas or hoppers without doors that have to be rotary dumped. Johnstown America Bethgon Coalporter is the full name I think. I don't feel right calling them gondolas or hoppers, so I just say what the manufacturer says. I was hoping that I could be able to double the usage of a set of cars to save me some money and not have to buy a bunch of high side gondola/doorless hoppers/whatevers and a bunch of 100 ton hoppers. I suppose I could have 1/2 my fleet be 100 ton hoppers and rationalize it that for every load of ore south, there's two loads of coal north. THanks for the help.
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