The questions regarding gondola seating is variable depending on era modeled.
My memory favors one long bench and one short bench, located centrally, parallel to the tracks.
However, I also recall a time when the car has no benches at all.
Until I can get up to Arcade sometime this summer, I can't say what the current design is.
For cars carried.... there are grain hoppers (whatever happens to be inbound. Yellow Chessie cat hoppers, restenciled for CSXT have been seen, as well as emerald green AGP hoppers.) The mill in N.Java also recieves tank cars for molasses.
additionally, both boxcars and center-sill bulkhead flats have been seen on the line in the recent past.
Any further questions? feel free to pipe up! We may get into some steamy debates about the railroad, but we don't byte.... hard.... frequently :-p
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