Bulkhead Gondolas

[Junctionfan]

I have alway been interested in thease gondolas. I have BN, Algoma Centreal, IC and a few others. I have seen them hauling various things such as coiled steel, scap metal and even pulpwood but never could figure out what the purpose of thease cars were and why they were built in the first place when the gondola, pulpwood and regular bulkhead flat already existed? Any idea?

[Randy Stahl]

Better equipment utilization. Most of the pulp cars we have don't have any floors. We did take some pulp cars out of pulp service and put them into steel service but we installed cradles to hold coiled steel. We did not remove the end bulkheads. These are the Algoma central cars you have seen.

[mvlandsw]

Many of the Eastern roads used them to haul pipe. With the bulkheads it could be stacked higher without danger of shifting.

[spbed]

My guess is to insure the cargo loaded on the cars does not shift back & forth. [:I][:D]

Originally posted by Junctionfan

Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR  Austin TX Sub

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