Unusual Freight

[Anonymous]

Earlier this week, I saw the local switcher pulling a single depressed flatcar carrying this huge transformer-like contraption. A first for me.

What is the most bizarre or unusual load you've come across?

[Anonymous]

Trash, yep, trash! Trash from N.Y. in dumpsters on spine cars destined for a dump in Texas or New Mexico.
Ken

[JoeKoh]

They had a reactor go from michigan to south carolina on Csx a few weeks ago.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

I hauled a steam locomotive on flat car to its final resting place. The tender was brought in by truck later. One odd load I remember was a brand-new starting gate, as used to start horse races, loaded on a TTX flat.

[edblysard]

Windmill train, the huge GE wind mills you see in their comerical, blades well over 85', with the nacels on spacer cars between the blades.
Ed

[Anonymous]

Damn Yankees [:p]

The South will rise again [:)][:D][8D][:p][;)]

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Windmill train, the huge GE wind mills you see in their comerical, blades well over 85', with the nacels on spacer cars between the blades.
Ed

bowling green picked up a few of those windmills too
stay safe
joe

[eastcoast]

I have seen many strange things, but nothing as strange as a train consist
on top of flatcars being towed by a train. Actually I think it was a promotional thing.
The (then new) ACELA set was being transported to it's destination through Vermont.

[andrewjonathon]

When I was a teenager about 20 years ago a local houseboat builder got a contract to build a couple hundred houseboats. All of them were shipped out at the over two days or so on a couple of "unit" trains. The sight made for a couple of very unique looking trains especially because the town where I lived was on a branchline. Unfortunately, it seems it was a one time deal.

[Anonymous]

i was going through the paperwork on my train one day and we had 12 loaded boxcars of condoms and 3 boxcars of tampons all going to montreal

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jchoochoo71

i was going through the paperwork on my train one day and we had 12 loaded boxcars of condoms and 3 boxcars of tampons all going to montreal

mamma said trains was like a box of chocolates you never know what your going to haul![:)]
stay safe
Joe

[ironhorseman]

I don't know how I'm going to describe this but his summer I saw a very short, maybe 20 feet, all white car that wasn't exactly a flat car. It was flat but had slightly sloped roof line, angeled down side to side, and in the middle was a box the width of the car but not very long.

Aw, this is too hard to describe. I'll have to figure out how to draw a picture. Wish I had my camera with me.

[Anonymous]

Ironhorseman, maybe it was a scale test car. Don't know, just guessing.
Ken

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman

I don't know how I'm going to describe this but his summer I saw a very short, maybe 20 feet, all white car that wasn't exactly a flat car. It was flat but had slightly sloped roof line, angeled down side to side, and in the middle was a box the width of the car but not very long.

Aw, this is too hard to describe. I'll have to figure out how to draw a picture. Wish I had my camera with me.

We see a whole train of maybe 10-15 cars go thru here every so often that sounds just like that. Odd shaped boxes on flat cars. I have seen disassembled airplanes go through on flat cars and we have acouple of nuclear power plants not too far away - so always figured it was something like that it those "little boxes".

Mookie

[mudchicken]

Space shuttle heading east out of the desert (Edwards AFB) by rail.....and NOT disassembled.

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jchoochoo71

i was going through the paperwork on my train one day and we had 12 loaded boxcars of condoms and 3 boxcars of tampons all going to montreal

It didn't perhaps having a flashing blue light on it????

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by jchoochoo71

i was going through the paperwork on my train one day and we had 12 loaded boxcars of condoms and 3 boxcars of tampons all going to montreal

It didn't perhaps having a flashing blue light on it????

Nope! Had a yellow thingie and a hangy down!

[:I]

Moo (I can't even sign my real name to that one!)

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by jchoochoo71

i was going through the paperwork on my train one day and we had 12 loaded boxcars of condoms and 3 boxcars of tampons all going to montreal

It didn't perhaps having a flashing blue light on it????

Nope! Had a yellow thingie and a hangy down!

[:I]

Moo (I can't even sign my real name to that one!)

WHOO HOOO[:D][}:)][;)]

[corwinda]

I once saw several flatcars carrying what I believe to be a small oil drilling rig and associated equipment.

[adrianspeeder]

Umm, this is getting intrusting, or maybe out of hand.

Adrianspeeder

[edblysard]

Yeah, hangy down thingies can be a hassle, but it the
Standing Up things that usually cause most of the troubles!
Ed