Ash Loads

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I responded per the OP specific question;  "What are you using for ash loads that are dumped into gondolas from an ash pit?"
The operational machinations were not entered into.
"Dumped" is probably wrong also, as in steam days when labor was cheap, they'd be shovelled cool sideways to a holding vessel (take your pick), for redistribution to the local dumping area. Was it sold to someone to make lye? Or was rampant commercialism alive and well in the steam era for mass produced 'health' products.
I know my grandparents and parents made it well into the '30s and possibly '40s in this outpost.
regards davew

On my layout I have an ash pit under the track with a conveyor to lift it up and dump into a car placed on the next track over.