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From: "R DOT Dukarm" rdukarm AT roadrunner DOT com
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 13:51:24 -0400
Subject: RE: (erielack) DL&W Oilier x-bobber caboose
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List,

I wrote an article on this car, and its predecessors, in the Diamond, Vol.
28, No. 1, 2014.

Ron Dukarm

-----Original Message-----
From: David MonteVerde [mailto:david AT gvtrail DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 11:35 AM
Subject: (erielack) DL&W Oilier x-bobber caboose

http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-05-04-16

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The attached photo of a Lackawanna Oiler car was converted from 'bobber
caboose'. The Lackawanna had heavy eastbound concentration of meat and
vegetable trains that moved in iced refers, as a result the melting ice
water had a lot of salt in/on it to lessen the melting factor. Well if you
look at an old ice refer you will see a rectangular drip trough in the four
corners of the car where the melting water dripped on the tie plates and
rail. I was told that the Lackawanna used this oil sprayer car to oil the
joint bars bolts to prevent them from rusting up and being difficult to
maintain. Some of the oil must have slopped down on the tie plates also that
were susceptible to rust from the salt brine, but nothing protected the
bridges.



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