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Template:AAA Gondola 350975-351224 Series (Gypsum) Stats
"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
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car.
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car. End detail.
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car. End detail.
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car. Number detail.
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car. Inside detail.
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car. Frame detail.
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car. Frame detail.
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car. Frame detail.
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car. Truck detail.
No. 351091 in service as a gypsum car. Truck detail.
No. 351162 and No.350699 gypsum cars crossing the Avon River at Windsor, circa 1948 pulled by locomotives No. 1018 and 999.