The cars are stencilled "Car contains ballast - do not remove". Gross Wt. is
given as 141,200.
Adam Meeks
----- Original Message -----
From: KVRailway
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: [cpsig] Re: Ice Breakers
Fred, do I remember correctly that those cars were at least partially
ballasted to give them a bit of weight? Seems to me I remember something
about them having a partial load of sandbags inside or something.
Joe Smuin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Shannon" <FShannon@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 1:08 AM
Subject: [cpsig] Re: Ice Breakers
> Hello clc fan,
>
> I took those photo's in Winnipeg, not in Calgary as listed in
> freight.railfan.ca
>
> And just for John these cars roofs are as built, except for the
> icicle bracker attachments.
>
> Regards,
> Fred Shannon
>
> --- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "clc_fan" <clc_fan@...> wrote:
>>
>> There are five pictures at the Canadian Freight Railcar gallery
> with
>> some good close up shots that may be of some help for you, but no
> roof
>> shots. I remember seeing the breaker cars parked at Alyth and from
>> what I can remember the roofs did not appear modified other than
> the
>> icicle breaker attachments.
>>
>> http://freight.railfan.ca/cprail.html#mow
>>
>> Main page: http://freight.railfan.ca/
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, John <zebrails@> wrote:
>>
>> > Does anyone have photo's of the 40' boxcars that have the ice
>> breakers? I am looking for a top view.
>>
>
>
>
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