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GN 40' PS-1's
« on: November 05, 2014, 08:00:16 PM »
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We have the thread about the new Atlas release of their PS-1 w/8' door.  In particular the GN car in the Green/Orange 'Loader' scheme.  While I was asking about the Auto Parts cars, I also asked about these and this was the response.

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The GN was said to aquire those 15 PS-1s in order to obtain xperience relative to the effect of the cushion underframe on lading damage. They were placed into general freight service. In September of 1958 eight cars were euipped with D-F loaders for participation  in a pool to handle household appliances from the General Electric Co. plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The major reason these were picked for the purpose was the 8' door width necessary for forklift loading of large household appliances. The conversion included the repainting into the loader scheme of top half of sides orange, rest of car green. In September of 1959 an additional three cars were outfitted to handle products from Whirlpool Corporation at Evansville, Indiana.
 
Previous to Sep 1959 the GN had handled the following loads of electrical refrigerators and coolers from the Evansville plant:
 
1957 -    32 cars to West Coast via Minneapolis
               2 cars to Canadian destinations via Minneapolis to Winnipeg
              16 cars fo Fargo via Minneapolis
 
1958 -    45 cars to West Coast via Minneapolis
               2 cars to Great Falls, Mont. via Minneapolis
               I cxar to Edmonton, Alberta
              7 car to Fargo
 
6 months of 1959 - 25 cars cars to West Coast via Minneapolis
                              1 car to Great Falls, Mont.
                              1 car to Edmonton
                              1 car to Minot via Mpolis.
                              5 cars to Fargo via Mpolis

Thanks again Staffan.


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Re: GN 40' PS-1's
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2014, 01:07:37 AM »
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Thank you to both of you!   If "Staffan" is Staffan Ehnbom, he is one of the GN Ry Hist. Society's most prolific researcher/writers, doing numerous reference sheets on freight cars.

I'm going to print this page and put it in my freight car book.
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Re: GN 40' PS-1's
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2014, 01:14:55 AM »
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Thank you to both of you!   If "Staffan" is Staffan Ehnbom, he is one of the GN Ry Hist. Society's most prolific researcher/writers, doing numerous reference sheets on freight cars.

Yes, Staffan Ehnbom.  He is most helpful.  :)

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Re: GN 40' PS-1's
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2014, 01:22:58 AM »
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I agree.  His reference sheets are one of the things I look forward to in the GNRHS mailings.

I just read your other post, on the 60 ft auto parts cars, where you gave his last name, and was coming back to edit my first post.  You beat me to it!
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Re: GN 40' PS-1's
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2014, 03:06:45 PM »
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 :?
   if the GN PS-1s were bought as part of the 100 Lot 8160 cars to be used
   in an Appliance Pool,why wouldn't they be that way until the Pool was
   dissolved,or larger cars replaced the 40' cars in that Pool ?
      Erie did piggyback 490 7' Youngstown door,non cushioned PS-1s on
    to their 10 car Lot 8160 order to get a better volume price.not sure
   if any of the other roads did the same thing ?
   if the Pool was broken up, then GN could work those cars in any service
   they were usefull,or needed in.
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Re: GN 40' PS-1's
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2014, 03:28:39 PM »
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   if the GN PS-1s were bought as part of the 100 Lot 8160 cars to be used
   in an Appliance Pool,why wouldn't they be that way until the Pool was
   dissolved,or larger cars replaced the 40' cars in that Pool ?

They weren't bought for pool service, at least from the info I got.  They were a test of the cushioned frame and then some were moved into appliance service later.  I don't know how long the pool lasted, but there are many pictures of these cars with the routing patched out.

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Re: GN 40' PS-1's
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2014, 02:05:12 PM »
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   Jason,
    near the end of GN building 12 Panel 40' single door cars they built some
  with Cushioned Underframes.
   these were shown ,or listed in the Mainline article on the GN built Steel cars.
  another GN oddity was the 1944 built Aluminum 40' boxcar,this was about
  4 years before GN started building the 12 Panel Steel cars.
   so its just a guess that GN stayed in the Pool that the Lot 8160 cars were
  ordered for.
   Pools were the norm for some traffic,so GN must have had previous Pool experiances ?
        Spikre
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