VGN 20078 gondola

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Thanks everyone! I have put the 20078 as a class G4C.

- Roger

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:07 PM, NW Mailing List
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


> The TLC VGN Freight Car reprint book (shameless plug)shows it's a G4C.

> Somewhere in our High Capacity Gon materials is the evolution of and the

> differences between the G4 subclasses; if my aging memory serves (someone's

> going to "help me out here") other than the big rebuild in 1937 and

> 1938--when both the G3 and G4 had their drop-bottoms (what we peasants call

> "fishbellies")eliminated and their capacity reduced, the differences are

> kind of minor [stand back for someone to enumerate the brake gear and truck

> differences].

>

> Frank Bongiovanni

>

> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:00 PM, NW Mailing List <

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>

>> Attempting to ID what I think is a VGN battleship gondola. Road number

>> 20078, capacity is 210000. Can't read anything else in the photo. Guessing

>> its a G4 something. Can someone id class of this car??

>>

>> http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=98301

>>

>> - Roger Link

>>

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