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Post by cartelcaipira on Dec 17, 2014 9:25:03 GMT -5
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Post by icghogger on Dec 17, 2014 10:04:44 GMT -5
Looks like a gondola converted to a hopper for hauling bagasse. Bagasse is the leftover fiber from sugar cane and sorghum after juice is extracted. It is sold as a biofuel and is very plentiful.
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Post by Arved on Dec 26, 2014 11:30:19 GMT -5
Looks like a gondola converted to a hopper for hauling bagasse. Bagasse is the leftover fiber from sugar cane and sorghum after juice is extracted. It is sold as a biofuel and is very plentiful. Most California sugar production is from beets. Given it's a WP car, my guess would be hauling sawdust and/or wood chips. There were a lot more lumber mills on the WP than sugar refineries. C&H had a cane sugar plant in Crockett, California, but it was served by the Southern Pacific. GS type gondolas have drop bottom doors for unloading, but are not considered hoppers. Hoppers, by definition, have sloped floors to enable unloading of the contents. With the doors closed, these GS gondolas are flat bottom.
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Post by AJ Kleipass on Dec 27, 2014 0:09:53 GMT -5
According to the January, 1972, ORER, WP 5023 is part of a group of 70 gondolas (5001 to 5070) with steel underframes, drop bottoms that dump to the side, and have wooden racks that exceed Plate C clearances. It makes no reference to being intended for a specific lading. Capacity is 5600 c.ft. or 140,000 lbs.
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Post by AJ Kleipass on Dec 27, 2014 0:13:01 GMT -5
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