NS Bottle Train

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Ron Moraca	General	Nice picture, Mike. I know that IHB, etc., uses these gons as idlers between the loaded hot-metal cars, but why? Is it too dangerous to couple them together? Can they BE coupled together? Here's wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year, fellow railfan!	12/24/2007 6:00:58 PM

Mike Rapchak Jr.	General	Many thanks, Ron - and the same to you and yours! The reason for the gons is weight distribution. Those bottle cars weigh something like 4-500,000 lbs. loaded - a lot of weight when crossing bridges, etc. And although many modern locomotives weigh the same, imagine if there were derailment/tip-over with these loaded cars!	12/24/2007 7:12:55 PM

Mike Rapchak Jr.	General	Correction: Loaded weight of some bottle cars is over 700,000 lbs.	10/28/2008 4:22:25 PM

NS Bottle Train
NS #5114's northbound bottle train passes through Calumet Junction and enters IHB's Michigan Ave. Yard.
Date: 5/20/2007	Location: East Chicago, IN	Views: 377	Collection Of: Mike Rapchak Jr.
Locomotives: NS 5114(GP38-2)			Author: Mike Rapchak Jr.

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: East Chicago IN

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