Re: Moly Barrels etc

Posted by Southpark on
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A number of years ago in a conversation with Albin (Bud-Andy) Anderson, son of Albin (Brownie) Anderson,  Andy mentioned one of his jobs on the C&S when he got out of high school was trans-loading those barrels of moly from the narrow gauge box cars to the standard gauge box cars in Leadville.  The statement was "they were heavy".  Andy graduated from the one room Como high school.  The school is open for tours during the August Railroad Day at Como and you can see it as it was left in the late 1930's.  I am not sure without checking my notes but I think Andy was at the top of his class and the bottom of the class!
I have seen that there was a request from Japan in the 1930's for a better grade barrel on the export moly.  The story is that barrels were used for depth charges in WW2.  Proof??
Tom Klinger