Canton RR Customer - Carbon Black User ca. 1967

[Ed Kapuscinski]

http://www.dundalkeagle.com/spotlight/western-electric-power-plant-slated-for-demolition/article_e25b0760-6035-534c-89db-6e85c319ee66.html

According to the Dundalk Eagle (my former nemesis when I was editor of the East Baltimore GUIDE) it was shuttered in 1984.  When AT&T was broken up, the operation there became superfluous.

1984? Dammit.

[Point353]

So basically loading is a drive under and open the chute sort of thing?

Probably done that way in the good ol' innocent pre-EPA/OSHA days.
Today it's more likely to be spot the car over the dust-tight connector gizmo, raise the dust-tight connector gizmo, then open the chute:
http://www.dynamicair.com/solutions/rurailcar.html
http://www.dynamicair.com/products/liftmate703_28.html

[Philip H]

Probably done that way in the good ol' innocent pre-EPA/OSHA days.
Today it's more likely to be spot the car over the dust-tight connector gizmo, raise the dust-tight connector gizmo, then open the chute:
http://www.dynamicair.com/solutions/rurailcar.html
http://www.dynamicair.com/products/liftmate703_28.html

Cool links - but I was asking how the cars are loaded before shipping.

[Point353]

Cool links - but I was asking how the cars are loaded before shipping.

Sorry, missed the "un".
Gravity tank (or pneumatic distribution) with a flexible hose connecting to the hatch on the hopper car.
See page 3: http://www.flsmidth.com/~/media/PDF%20Files/Material%20Handling/Pneumatic%20Transport/FLSmidthComponentsCatalog.ashx

[SAH]

Come on Ed, you can mangle the time line a bit!  You know you need a six pack of those carbon black hoppers.   

1984? Dammit.

[wm3798]

Makes one wonder if the closure of Western Electric was related to the move of the Colts... cause?  or effect?  Hmmm.   My dad was a traffic manager for Martin Marietta's refractories division... Magnesium Oxide mostly, for fire brick, cigarette filters, and anything else you could put chemical additives into... and I can tell you first hand that a multitude of shipping decisions were contingent on attendance at our annual Christmas party, and the quality of gin that was placed quietly under the tree...

I can assure you that Walter Abernathy of the PRR and Dick Costello of the Western Maryland understood that Beefeater was good for their annual volume...
The B&O guys were nice, but rarely rose above Gilbeys...

Lee

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Come on Ed, you can mangle the time line a bit!  You know you need a six pack of those carbon black hoppers.   

Especially if you consider the number of cabooses I have and use. It's so flagrant that it's discussed in the latest Conrail Quarterly.

[GonzoCRFan]

1984? Dammit.