40 and 50' box car grain loads

[cbq2bn]

Picked up a few of these at the train show last month
(the loads that is) Guy I met in Ebay who lives where the show is makes these.


Also got two of these from the same guy, cars I've never seen before so had to have them to :-)

[spud7378]

whats the grain made with?

[poweredby251]

I never saw the attraction of a grain load like that modeled in a boxcar. After the car was loaded, the door would have been closed to prevent contamination and keep it dry. Once the grain door was cut open (assuming the more modern reenforced crdboard type) the cars doors were often left open with the cardboard blowing in the wind, until it reached a clean-out track and was cleaned. The only things I have seen shipped in an open boxcar like that were woodchips being shipped in dedicated cars with the doors removed.

[cbq2bn]

It's made of piece of wood with I think saw dust on it...

[pwvjer]

Hey Guys,
Check out these derailment images from 1959. Look close at the PRR car(s). Read the Hi-Line News related story.

Here's the direct link:
www.thepwvhiline.com/Oct1958HiLine_Vancoram_Wreck_Photos.htm

Proto-type Grain Loads... your right on!

[CP_8530]

Grain boxes! CP used to ship grain in boxcars into the 90's (1990's ) on lighter rail branches that would only take 40' boxcars. I think the process went something like nail up one side with wood or special cardboard doors almost up to the top ("coopering" a box car), close the other side, load from the side with the grain door and close it for transport. Just on the inside there were various markings to show how much of a certain commodity could be loaded (barley, red wheat, flax, etc).

For unloading, the doors would be ripped off and the grain unloaded, either by gravity, by hand or special machine (CN had a "shaker" that shifted the car to get the grain out of the ends).