Re: [cpsig] Re: Ice breaker box cars
- From: Drew Bunn <bunndrew@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:21:57 -0500
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Bob Grace <rrgrace@xxxxxxx> wrote:
The icebreaker boxcars also had concrete added to them to provide extra
weight. There was usually an ice breaker at both ends of the car. I am not
sure what they did about icicles before these cars and the passenger locos
were developed. I wonder if back when manpower was cheap they may have had
section men that would walk the tunnels and knock down the icicles?
Bob Grace
I wasn't going to mention anything on the subject because I don't
know much, but all the CP Ice Breaking cars I've ever seen were
rebuilt from 40' steel box cars. Assuming these cars were new in the
30's or 40's, wouldn't they have been built to protect observation
domes and not autoracks? They would seem right at home behind E/F
units on The Canadian more than anywhere else..
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