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Just rolling along the rail would keep them clean!

Jimmy Lisle

On 12/26/2024 8:10 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Just wondering, would any application of brakes on these cars "wipe" 
> the faces clean?
>
> R.D. Williams
>
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> R.D.
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> Abe and Jimmy,
> Thanks for the responses.and I agree with your reasoning, but still, 
> one thing niggles at me.  If it's dust, why doesn't it coat the faces 
> of the wheels as well?  Seems like they would have been as greasy/oily 
> as the trucks and just as apt to attract the light gray dust.  Would 
> there have been some part of their operation that might have kept them 
> "cleaner"?
> Thanks again,
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 10:35 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List 
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>     Mr. Cochran asks about covered hoppers with light colored trucks.
>     Those cars have been hauling lime or cement.  Very common
>     discoloration for cars assigned to such service.
>     --  abram burnett
>     Close Encounters of the Turnip Kind
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