hello i have been trying to figure out to the destination of the following cars these are 2- bay former conrail 100 ton covered hoppers and short 2 bay NW with a red dot on the side Acf type covered hoppers. these cars are loaded at susquhanna railworks in herndon pa. the are loaded with slate flour( pulverized slate)then taken to the northumberland pa yard the sent south on h3w to enola from there no clue they travel in blocks 2-5 cars or more this week the following cars will be haeading to enola tonight or tomorrow nite' > cr 883682 > nw 180541 > cr 883619 > cr 883976 > cr 883899. the pictures can be found here http://www.flickr.com/photos/h2w/
You might have better luck posting on the trains site blog?
Richard
Not sure exactly where they are headed, but, slate flour is used in the manufacture of paints, rubber, plastic, and as a filler in place of calcium carbonate. The agriculture industry also uses it as a field application, as a carrier for, I think pesticides, or maybe herbicides, not exactly sure. Maybe both? So if you are modeling this, I think the quarry, refining, and car filling would be interesting, and your cars could be shipped to a variety of manufactures.
Mike.
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