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Caption: An overview of the old Dundas station. I don't know what possessed me to try 'mountain goat' antics by wandering thru the brush of the hillside above the station area, but it did present a decent view of the station and surrounding area. In the foreground notably are two columns of 48 ft mill gondolas converted to OCS service that go with Pettibone Speed Loader machines. Note opposing drop aprons on each car, which enables continuous rip-rap unloading by those old rubber tired vehicles(now history). The cars were used mostly in construction areas, such as siding extensions for shoring up weakened areas along the right of way. No, I did not turn scholar; this information on the gons is courtesy of Paul O'Shell. (any errors are mine)
The station, as most fans know; suffered from a fire and eventually was demolished.
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Nice pic Arnold!
Those steel floor, steel side mill gons were a nice upgrade for the Engineering Dept. and the Pettibone Speedloader operators (I was one in the early 1970′s).
The older wood floor, wood side Hart cars used prior to these were tough to navigate through with a piece of heavy machinery like the Speedloader. The end of each Hart car also had a full width hinged steel plate that had to be flopped over to run the machine from car-to-car.
The Pettibone Speedloaders on the Great Lakes Region were all off the Work Equipment inventory by the late 1990′s.
Thanks, Paul. You explain it like a professional.
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