Hi everyone, here's this week's selections r_i_straw with a schnabel flat BuddyBurton with a KCS pair SP 9811 with SP 8362 Hardcoaler with a pair of freights and BNSF FAN with Bay Line 3400
If you were referring to the little enclosures at each end of the car itself, these are where the crew hydraulically adjusts the cars geometry in order to lift the load to clear low obstacles, bridge railings on sharp curves or shift the load side to side to weave around other obstacles. It is amazing all the shifting they can do to get a load through a tight spot. There may be generators in those cabs as well to run the hydraulics.
There are only three months left in this year and Bill has almost used up all his quota of mistakes. It will be touch and go from here on. I edited it to Octember then had to edit it again.
Thsnk You, that answers my question. The waycar is then the rider car for that maintenance crew. Charlie