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==Gallery of Big Otis Gypsum Cars on the DAR==
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Image:DAR351091a.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car.
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Image:DAR351091b.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car. End detail.
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Image:DAR351091c.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car. End detail.
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Image:DAR351091d.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car. Number detail.
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Image:DAR351091e.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car. Inside detail.
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Image:DAR351091f.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car. Frame detail.
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Image:DAR351091g.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car. Frame detail.
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Image:DAR351091h.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car. Frame detail.
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Image:DAR351091i.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car. Truck detail.
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Image:DAR351091j.jpg|[[DAR351091|No. 351091]] in service as a gypsum car. Truck detail.
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Image:R-107.jpg|[[DAR351162|No. 351162]] and [[DAR350699|No.350699]] gypsum cars crossing the [[Avon River Bridge|Avon River]] at Windsor, circa 1948 pulled by locomotives [[DAR1018|No. 1018]] and [[DAR0999|999]].
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Image:DAR350505 Kentville April 3 1964 Jim O'Donnell.jpg|Wooden Gypsum car [[DAR350505|No. 350505]] being scrapped at [[Kentville Railyard]] on April 3, 1964. Tool car [[DAR402769|No. 403769]] can be seen behind.
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Image:DAR350834a.jpg|[[DAR350834|No. 350834]] in service as a gypsum car.
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File:Hantsport EBrunt 004.png|A [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|gypsum train]] near [[Hantsport]], pre-1959.
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Image:DAR6560-6561.jpg|S-3's [[DAR6560|No. 6560]] & [[DAR6561|6561]] pulling [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|plaster train]] near [[Windsor]] on August 28, 1956.
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Image:DAR6560-6561b.jpg|S-3's [[DAR6560|No. 6560]] & [[DAR6561|6561]] pulling [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|plaster train]] near [[Windsor]] on August 28, 1956.
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Image:Dar6560-6561c Windsor July 26 1956.jpg|Nos. [[DAR6560|6560]] & [[DAR6561|6561]] leading gypsum train passing Halifax mixed train at [[Windsor Water Tower]] on August 28, 1956.
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Image:CPR8135a.jpg|[[CPR8135|No. 8135]] wayfreight waiting for empty [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|plaster train]] to pass in [[Windsor]] in August 1959. Note boxcar [[DAR259118|No. 259118]].
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File:Murdy1.jpg|[[CPR8135|No. 8135]], [[CPR8133|No. 8133]] with a train of Big Otis gypsum cars at [[Windsor Station]], 1960.
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==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 20:27, 16 June 2022

"Big Otis" Wood Gypsum Cars.

Transcribed from the original equipment order. [1]

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY - MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT - MONTREAL
Mr. R. A. Pyne, R. Preston, J. Burns - July 25th, 1930
BULLETIN OF NEW CAR EQUIPMENT - FREIGHT AND PASSENGER

  • Equipment Order: 2620
  • No. of Cars: 250
  • Class: Coal Cars
  • Numbers: 350975-351224
  • Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry Companay
  • Length (Over End Frame): 47' 0-3/4"
  • Size of Axles: 6 x 11"

SPECIAL FEATURES AND REMARKS

  • Brakes, Air: W.A.B. (Westinghouse) K.D. 1012
  • Brakes, Hand: Peacock #210
  • Couplers: A.R.A. Type "D" 6 x 8"
  • Draft Gear: Minor Friction, Class A-18-S-2
  • Side Bearings: Stucki #5006
  • Trucks: Dalman Type Cast Steel
  • Truck Bolsters: Dalman Cast Steel
  • Wheels: 33" Rolled Steel

Doors: 16 Drop Bottom

  • Nominal Capacity: 150,000 lbs.
  • Load Limit: 152,300 lbs.
  • Weight: 53200 lbs.
  • Entered Service: April and May 1930

H. B. Bowen
Chief of Motive Power and Rolling Stock

Gallery of Big Otis Gypsum Cars on the DAR

References

  1. ↑ CPTracks Library
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