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Covered gondola loads
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trnj
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May 2005
From: South Carolina
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Covered gondola loads
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trnj
on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 3:40 PM
What kind of loads were carried in covered gondolas, such as Athearn's blue box 50' gondolas?
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:07 PM
Most of the time metal products, namely steel coils for example.
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trnj
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May 2005
From: South Carolina
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Posted by
trnj
on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 5:07 PM
cnw8835,
Thanks for the info.
trnj
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ericsp
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May 2015
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Posted by
ericsp
on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:20 PM
Gondolas set up to carry coils usually have their roofs in two or three sections, also with the height of the gondola as short as the Athearn car is, the hood (roof) would probably have to be semi-cylindrical or have a pitch to part of it on each side. I think that contaminated dirt is sometimes carried in covered gondolas. Although from what I hear, there is no prototype for Athearn's gondola, I would say it is a generic model of a tranisition era car, espcially since the roof has a roofwalk. I am not sure there was much contaminated dirt moving around back then.
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