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And the 41301 appears to have something other than Ore loaded in Chris' photo, as it is loaded over the top chord. which would be about four (or more) times more ore than the car could handle.

The pelletized ore just filled the hopper bin over each truck. I also have a photo of them loading "ground ore" during one of the last trains out of Grace Mine during the clean up and closure, and it too only has the area over each truck loaded. HEAVY STUFF!

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Okay, Rob is correct in that the material is definitely not Joanna Pellets or Ore. Wrong color for raw Ore shipped into the mine. Orange Panels were used on a number of different restricted service hoppers. To the best of my knowledge, the only Grace Mine service cars with the orange panel were class HTz.

I never saw an HTe with an orange end panel.
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Car load of "ground ore' at Grace Mine (As seen from my flying drone camera in 1986)

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633&619 on the job.
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5212 after adding some detail and weathering.Compare to the fresh from the package 5211.
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Some closer shots of 5212.I painted the cab interior a light green and added two crew figures.Added some truck details and painted them and the fuel tank weathered black.I also added arm rests.The weathering was accomplished using pencil,paint and chalks.The staining below the battery boxes was accomplished by dry brushing white acrylic artist paint.

Front and rear views.


Top view.

Engineer's side.
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March 1, 1948
The "Wall Street" begins service between Philadelphia and Jersey City, hauled by new G-3 Pacific locomotives and featuring new two-toned green cars.

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