[RITSlist] Piggy-Back car question

[Steve and Barb Hile]

According to the diagram sheets:

93700 to 93711 only had one cutout, and one trailer hitch set up for 40 foot trailer with refrigeration unit.

93712 to 93949 had two cutouts and were set up with two trailer hitches for 24 foot trailers with refrigeration units.  Apparently many eventually had one hitch removed to handle 40 foot trailers.

The hitches are always shown at the hand brake end.  the cut outs are only on the hand brake side.

The cars all used the RIMT design trailer hitch.

93700 - 93712 - the king pin point of the raised hitch is 2' 6" back toward the center of the car from the truck bolster center line.

For the remainder of the cars, the raised hitch king pin point is right on the center line of the truck bolster at the brake end.

By 1964 the diagram shows two hitches only on 93712 - 93731.  The second hitch king pin point was located 16' 5" in towards the center of the car from the other truck bolster center line.  At that point, there was also a variety of different trucks including Barber S-2-A with roller bearings, Barber Lateral Motion, Ride Control A-3, National C-1 and Barber S-2.

I hope that this is what you need.

Regards,
Steve Hile
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Engle 
  To: RITSLIST 
  Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:20 PM
  Subject: [RITSlist] Piggy-Back car question


  This pertains to the War Emergency Gondola cars 93700-93949 converted for 1960's piggyback service as shown on pages 86 and 87 of Steve Hile's book.

  Did ALL of the cars have the two cutouts in the side framing for access to the trailers only on the same side that had the handbrake ratchet, and when you look at that side, the ratchet was on the end to your right? 

  Did ALL of the cars have the trailer hitch positioned so that a trailer on the car faced the brake-ratchet end of the car? (usually called the "B" end?   Was there a particular standard distance from the end of the car to this hitch, say the point where the trailer kingpin was distance X from the end of the car in the hitch raised position.  

  DJE


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