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RichM wrote:Still a good question... I don't think structurally these cars were ever intended to be tipped... there aren't rotating couplers and no apparent reinforcing members like the coal or ore gondolas have. A fair number of these originally were just modified boxcars and the like.i dont see to many converted box cars. But lots and lots of woodchip cars and ex coal hoppers.
High Iron Photography wrote:http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=112668Mr. DiSalvo. That was a pisser. I laughed loudly. Thank you for your humor.
High Iron Photography wrote:http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=112668Yeah, and those aren't gondolas, either...................
GOLDEN-ARM wrote:Yeah, and those aren't gondolas, either...................Say What?