Freight Cars, Just Freight Cars

Grey One Jan 1, 2024

  1. Point353

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    ME 1985

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    Holy cow, THAT is a load. Quite the cost saver for the manufacturer to make one lift and paint the thing after placing it on the flatcars.
     
  4. Mike VE2TRV

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    An imaginative way to transport this big yellow wiener (for a yellow submarine?)... Two flats seem to carry half the load each, while the middle one is just a spacer.

    That's a lot of overspray on Conrail's flat cars...:eek:

    I can see the chief of car equipment turning beet red and throwing a wobbly over that one...:mad:
     
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  7. Hardcoaler

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    The Espee was a pioneer in stack train technology weren't they?
     
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    Yep they worked with Sea Land to invent double stacking. ACF made the cars.
     
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  9. r_i_straw

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    At CN Surrey yard outside Vancouver, BC. September 2014.
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  10. SP 9811

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    Window of opportunity opens, as an Alliance Terminal RR "Dual 45" shows the "Lone Pine Local" switching cars, SP Mojave yard.
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    Another window opens, as an east piggy passes through Mojave CA. Twin 45 flats.
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    The west SP LAPCX runs up the Saugus Line at Acton CA. Spine, 89' flats, and double stacks make up this train.
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    Another photo from the CN Surrey yard outside Vancouver, BC. September 2014. A couple of tank cars behind what looks to be an 80 foot flat car built for trailers. ? 9-16-14.JPG
     
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    NS30A this afternoon had a couple of cars which raised questions which I hope someone here can answer. First, does anyone know what the R1 on the flatcar refers to? Usually TTX class designations include the length of the car. Second, my Google-fu failed me on the RVRX reporting marks on the XP box.
     
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    Cute little cocktail wienie!! :D
     
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    Optical illusion makes it look like the tank cars are on the flat.
     
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