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Jim Adams

June 02, 2003 04:05PM

One problem you may find on drop bottom Gons is that the doors will sag. In doing so they tilt the angle of the castings the chains connect to.
This results in an increase in the width from the hinge to the extremity of the casting and sometimes it is enough that the doors won't come down past the operating shaft.
I've seen all kinds of mayhem commited on the doors and fixtures by shippers trying to get them open so they can unload the cars.
Jim

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center sills of drop bottom gondolas	Chris Mueller	June 01, 2003 01:38PM
Re: center sills of drop bottom gondolas	Keith Hayes	June 01, 2003 02:03PM
Re: center sills of drop bottom gondolas	Erick Nelson	June 01, 2003 07:32PM
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