Posted by RedGreenGuy on March 06, 2021 at 09:42:18 from (170.52.13.91):
In Reply to: Tiny rail cars posted by rockyridgefarm on March 05, 2021 at 06:33:49:
Iron Ore cars. We pulled them from LaCrosse WI (crew change point) to steel mill at Alton IL. Extremely heavy trains for their length. As I recall trains were 110 cars with total weight being around 16,000 tons. Speed was held to 45mph max because of concentrated weight. Some bridges were restricted to 10 mph to avoid cars bouncing on them. Careful throttle use was necessary to prevent breaking train in 2 pieces. Over the years newer cars had much stronger couplers and were bolted 5 cars together as a unit to reduce slack action. This greatly reduced unwanted train separations. We ran a couple trains per week over this route. The old BNRR created a special train set (110 cars) from gravel cars that were about twice the length of ore cars. When carrying ore they were loaded about have full, but the return route they were loaded full. It was one of the few unit trains that created revenue both ways over the road.
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