Locomotive Sand

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Jim,

I am not an authority but the use of boxcars for sand doesn't make sense,
during the steam era.  During the steam era sand dispensing was combined
with coaling towers (like at shaffers).  Also steam engines use much more
sand than diesels.  Also it wouldn't make much sense filling the sand
chamber on a coaling tower with bags. A classJ hold 11 bushells of sand.

Bagged sand might have made sense at somewhere small.

Just my 2 cents
John Rhodes


On 3/22/06, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>

>  I recently asked a question about N&W's covered hoppers and what

> commodities they were used to ship.  I had thought, apparently mistakenly,

> that once N&W acquired covered hoppers, some of those would have been used

> to transport sand to the locomotive servicing facilities.

>

> So, how did N&W transport sand to its locomotive servicing facilities?

>

> If in boxcars, were these simply N&W boxcars from the general pool?  Mabye

> N&W boxcars assigned to sand service?  Did off-line boxcars ever arrive

> loaded with locomotive sand?

>

> Or, were they N&W boxcars that were assigned to company service and

> perhaps had a MoW road number?

>

> Where did the sand come from?  Was it an on-line shipper?

>

> I am primarily interested in what N&W did during the 1950s, and

> specifically what it did at Shenandoah (if anyone happens to know :-) )

>

> Thanks.

>

> Jim Brewer

> Glenwood MD

> www.pocahontasmodels.com

>

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