Let's take a look see shall we? Be sure to check other roards-top left corner..
RPM
What I find odd there is more boxcars(includes all types) then gons.
Russ,CSX handles the juice..Reefer cars is listed under "other".
Boxcars are your normal boxcars,auto part boxcars,food service boxcars, news print boxcars and boxcars assign to haul alcohol beverages..
Gons are still in use quite a bit for steel and scrap metal. There is a tank manufacturer in South Central Los Angeles next to where the shop I worked at was located before they moved out to City Of Industry (about 20 miles East) that used to receive loads of steel in gons, and then after they unloaded the steel, they would load the gons with cutting scrap from the manufacturing process. Typically they would get in 3 loads of steel and then later send out one load of scrap metal. I suspect since the U.S. steel industry is pretty much dead, that the steel comes in from Japan and the scrap goes out to Japan.
It is weird. Around the beginning of the 20th century (?), hoppers replaced gondolas in coal service. But since the late 60s (? again), high-side gondolas have been replacing hoppers!Freight Car America Inc still turns out gondolas by the thousands each year along with open top hoppers, both for the purpose of hauling coal.
It is weird. Around the beginning of the 20th century (?), hoppers replaced gondolas in coal service. But since the late 60s (? again), high-side gondolas have been replacing hoppers!
Yes, I know hoppers are still being made. But it's still odd.
I wonder if the open top gondola's used for coal hauling aren't unloaded with a rotary dumper, where the entire car is turned upside down? Anybody know for sure? Covered hopper's are used for grain hauling in this area of the world.