G-100-1 Gondolas

G-100-1 Gondolas:


	SP 345000-345599

These 25'-9" ore gondollas were built by SP's Sacremento shops in 1958 and featured 1350 ft3 capacity when new. In the mid 1960's, the cars were modified at SP's Sacremento Shops to recieve 12 inch side and end extensions to accomodate additional ore bringing their capacity up to 1602 ft3. These cars were used in captive service hauling ore from Kaiser Steel's mine to Los Angeles for export.

In later years, they were placed into general aggregate service and were common in Texas.

A J. Pat Bray article on the history of the Kaiser Ore Trains can be seen in the Winter 1996 (#50) edition of the SP Historical and Technical Society's magazine Trainline.

Photo by: Steve Vincent

SP:

SP 345047	Southern Pacific Photo	Steve Peery Collection
SP 345178	Steve Vincent	Ferrum, CA; 10/23/1976
SP 345189	Mike Palmieri	Tenaha, TX; 06/13/1993
SP 345189	Mike Palmieri	Tenaha, TX; 06/13/1993
SP 345232	John Rodgers	Ferrum, CA; 10/1979
SP 345250	Tom Cobb	Stafford, TX; 10/05/1985
SP 345345	Carl Rodolf	Roseville, CA; 12/1961
SP 345355	Jim Kinkaid Collection	Southern Pacific Builder's Photo
SP 345395	John Rodgers	Ferrum, CA; 10/1979
SP 345456	John Rodgers	Ferrum, CA; 10/1979
SP 345456	John Rodgers	Ferrum, CA; 10/1979
SP 345457	Steve Vincent	near Desert Center, CA; 10/23/1976
SP 345498	Richard Barnes
SP 345533	John Rodgers	Ferrum, CA; 10/1979
SP 345533	John Rodgers	Ferrum, CA; 10/1979

Interior Detail	John Rodgers	Ferrum, CA; 10/79
Wrecked Gon	John Rodgers	San Leandro, CA; 2/1994
Ore Gons	John Rodgers	Ferrum, CA; 10/1979

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