Stumbled upon these great pics of the old timey way of loading grain in a boxcar. Found these in a forum called smokestak.com
http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showpost.php?p=153087&postcount=32
-Brian
Can’t get there Brian
The links are still working for me.
You can find them here - http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showpost.php?p=153087&postcount=32
-Brian
Must be my browser. Thanks for the new link. Nice info
Brian Donovan said:
The links are still working for me. You can find them here - http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showpost.php?p=153087&postcount=32-Brian
That link works(above) but the other two(first ones) Error 404…shows smokestack but pics have been moved.
David Russell said:
Brian Donovan said:
The links are still working for me. You can find them here - http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showpost.php?p=153087&postcount=32 -BrianThat link works(above) but the other two(first ones) Error 404…shows smokestack but pics have been moved.
I dunno
(http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/dunno.gif)
works for me! -Brian
Brian Donovan said:
David Russell said:
Brian Donovan said:
The links are still working for me. You can find them here - http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showpost.php?p=153087&postcount=32 -BrianThat link works(above) but the other two(first ones) Error 404…shows smokestack but pics have been moved.
I dunno
(http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/dunno.gif)
works for me! -Brian
:lol: It’s like the first two links are stored on you puter or you need a password or something as the site is there just no pics…the other link works and it’s pretty neat…I love historical documentation!
Brian Donovan said:
David Russell said:
Brian Donovan said:
The links are still working for me. You can find them here - http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showpost.php?p=153087&postcount=32 -BrianThat link works(above) but the other two(first ones) Error 404…shows smokestack but pics have been moved.
I dunno
(http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/dunno.gif)
works for me! -Brian
First two don’t work for me either. Using IE 8. Get the smokstak header with a 404 error, just like Rooster. Ralph
Browsing with Firefox here sooooo??
It’s Brians fault!
Thanks for a link to those lovely old pic Brian.
One puzzle is this. The grains seems to be loose and going down a shute into the boxcar. Is it into bags or would planks be across the doorway to contain the grain?
I was grateful to see a pic of a MILW wooden boxcar. Usually pics of MILW stock are steel cars.
Brian,
That second llink worked. Very interesting pictures.
Alan Lott said:
Thanks for a link to those lovely old pic Brian.One puzzle is this. The grains seems to be loose and going down a shute into the boxcar. Is it into bags or would planks be across the doorway to contain the grain?
I was grateful to see a pic of a MILW wooden boxcar. Usually pics of MILW stock are steel cars.
Alan,
Grain was shipped loose, there were special grain barriers across the doors. Here’s a link to a PDF of a patent of a grain door
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Alan Lott said:
Thanks for a link to those lovely old pic Brian. One puzzle is this. The grains seems to be loose and going down a shute into the boxcar. Is it into bags or would planks be across the doorway to contain the grain? I was grateful to see a pic of a MILW wooden boxcar. Usually pics of MILW stock are steel cars.
Yes, it would go in loose. There are lots of good old pics of unloading grain at a feed and flour mills and those giant grain elevators in the Kalmbach MR book “Industries Along the Track”. Planks were nailed to the inside of the door about 2/3’s to 3/4’s of the way up. In the 60’s the used single use reinforced paper doors. Plug door boxcars became popular too. A panel in the top middle of the door can be opened for loading.
(http://www.greenbayroute.com/gbw21014.jpg)
Grain was unloaded into big chutes right along the track. Much was manually pushed out with big handtruck like scoops. -Brian
Many thanks HJ and Brian for your comments.
I guess the Patent applies to steel cars as the Patent was filed on 21st. October, 1974. I also recalled having read about paper being used some while ago. The problem is as you advance in years memory retention 'aint what it used to be.
I don’t have any plug door boxcars at present: maybe I should remedy that. lol. But I do have five single door and two double door cars. But I guess I should stick to coal hoppers, I am rather fond of them.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.