Re: Crested Butte 1952

pd3463 Wrote:
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> Ok. My eyes agree with Paul. Even after viewing
> this enlarged picture, it appears that the sides
> are gone or at least lowered so as to not be
> visible.
>
> This picture, you see light color horizontal lines
> that are similar in color to the foreground. I
> submit that, that is exactly what it is. I do not
> see any visible side and I base this on the corner
> post in the enlargement. You can see the far post
> and the shadow cast that defines the inside of the
> corner. This is visible, unobstructed up and down.
> If the horizontal lines are the inside of the
> wall, it would continue to the inside of the post
> and change the view of what is in the picture.
> Even the second car, despite the load, appears to
> not have any visible wall on that same side.
> So, I submit, that for ease of loading and
> unloading, the sides were removed to aide in this
> process. And perhaps these cars were purposed for
> this task and transloaded to “shipping” cars.
>
>
> Phil

All,

The Highside Gons were used regularly on the Barrel which wore down the top boards, there are 5 boards on those gons. The top boards are well worn though.

William
aka drgwk37