QUOTE: Originally posted by jpmikesh Railroads use many different things. NJ Transit has a tie crane that crawls on top of rail cars for loading and unloading of ties. It rides on a specially modified gon. JP
QUOTE: Originally posted by carpenter matt That's pretty much it in your pic other than the gondola had stakes welded on top with a cross bar across the top of the stakes for a top rail. I'm guessing the line is Conrail Norfolk Southern division I saw due to it runs North and south in Ohio.
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