Re: Blaine Patented Side Dump Cars

Posted by Chris Walker on
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Steve,

The top set of Patent Drawings presented are for twin half-bodied car, dumping to both sides individually, whereas the Advertising sketch and Como derailment photo show both a trussed rod over Queenposts and a Kingpost truss at the outer edge.  There are two rods on the second Patent Drawings from the American Journal.

These types of car were easily upset during dumping, saw that first hand on NZR in worktrain service dumping ballast over the embankment sides with Diffco all steel sidedumps.  Fortunately that type was of the side drops to form an apron, thus stopping the car from going all the way over.


Doug,

The derailment photo also appears in Mineral Belt Vol-II on pg66, these cars long ago were an oddity to me but down here pre-C&Sn3, there was no-one to ask about them.  

When I was up in Colorado, the last thing I'd remember to ask was those type of questions.


Keith Pashina Photo.