GERN Industries Gibson Works...

[doctorwayne]

There were also a lot of bulk commodities shipped in boxcars. Grain was an obvious one, but ore, coal, coke....pretty much anything that required protection from the elements and which could be moved in and out of the car using shovels...were common. Some facilities existed for tipping the cars to aid in loading and unloading using mechanical means.

Loading coke using shovels

Loading gold ore concentrate using shovels

Tipping a car to unload grain

Wayne