I expect the Trail fertilizer business used these cars in the
fifties. Possibly other aspects of the same plant also used them.
When the Duncan dam was built, 1965-67, cement arrived by covered
hopper at Lardeau. Cement silos were installed at the dam and cars
were off loaded to trucks which transferred the cement to the dam
site. Unfortunately, I have not seen photos of what cars were used
although one photo of a covered hopper at Kaslo on the barge, if it
was in fact a car of cement, was not a slabside. I believe I have an
article on the transfer facilities at Duncan dam which I'll try to
locate. IIRC, there was no special facilities built at Lardeau.
Peter
At 01:57 PM 25/11/2008, you wrote:
I would like to add-on a question to this: I am modeling the Boundary Division (Nelson,
Slocan City, Trail, etc) in the 1940's/50's. Where these cars used in this area at this time?
If so, what for?
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> PM 24/11/2008, John Hutchins wrote:
> >With the slabsides coming, can anybody provide info about
> >what commodities each type (6 rectangular hatch and 8
> >round hatch) usually hauled on CNR, CPR and PGE/BCR -- cement,
> >grain, etc?
> >
> >I'm particularly interested in their use in New England,
> >QC and Ontario.
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> >John
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> >John Hutchins, P.O. Box 595, Littleton, MA 01460-0595
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