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   Sepp K TrainBoard Member

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   Is this some sort of unloading ramp for the other 7 cars of MoW trailing on 19G at Wyomissing JCT today?

   DSC05365 by Sepp K posted Oct 17, 2020 at 8:04 PM

    

   Sepp K, Oct 18, 2020

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   BNSF FAN TrainBoard Supporter

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   That is exactly what it is sir.

    

   BNSF FAN, Oct 18, 2020

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   BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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   Were these cars purpose built? Or adapted from perhaps a retired TOFC?

    

   BoxcabE50, Oct 18, 2020

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   Sepp K TrainBoard Member

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   Looking from the side of the ROW, they certainly look like modified TOFC.

    

   Sepp K, Oct 18, 2020

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   BNSF FAN TrainBoard Supporter

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   Can't say 100% but I believe they are modified former TOFC cars.

    

   BNSF FAN, Oct 19, 2020

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   HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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   Railroads call them "Scorpion Cars" since the ramp unfolds from its coiled appearance much like a scorpion's tail.

    

   HemiAdda2d, Oct 19, 2020

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