This is surprising, in a way, because centerbeam cars have been on the secondhand market for a few years. These cars will be the first order built since 2006!(And there are an awful lot of ex-CN centerbeam cars floating around out there!)
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
HAMILTON, Ontario — Canadian National will buy 350 new centerbeam flatcars to address growing demand from lumber-producing customers across its North American network. “We are investing to move the economy as we put the rolling stock, inf...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/05/02-cn-orders-new-centerbeam-cars-for-lumber-traffic
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
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