Re: Ballast Hoppers then and now . . .

Jim Callaway Wrote:
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> Loaded is a function of weight not volume.
> Ballast weighs a lot more than coal so the load
> line is lower. Otherwise the bearings and other
> mechanical things tend to protest and give up.


IIRC, the C&TS had so much trouble with the ballast hoppers being overloaded that they cut the sides of two or three of them down a foot or two a few years ago.   #489 had no trouble pushing three loaded hoppers upgrade back in '08, but in '09 I saw her with only two.
See [ngdiscussion.net] and [ngdiscussion.net] for pics.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2017 11:58AM by Russo Loco.