whats inside?

[JoeKoh]

I had the good fortune to see on the way home auto racks that are being scrapped here in Defiance Ohio.I have never seen the inside of one before talk about tunnel vision. What is the strangest thing(s) that you have seen in a railcar that wasn't supposed to be there?
stay safe
Joe

[JoeKoh]

I had the good fortune to see on the way home auto racks that are being scrapped here in Defiance Ohio.I have never seen the inside of one before talk about tunnel vision. What is the strangest thing(s) that you have seen in a railcar that wasn't supposed to be there?
stay safe
Joe

[coalminer3]

People - riding in pipes loaded on a gon.

work safe

[coalminer3]

People - riding in pipes loaded on a gon.

work safe

[Anonymous]

A fishing boat

[Anonymous]

A fishing boat

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

A fishing boat

I saw a series on PBS about the Alaska RR.Do the passenger trains still pick up hikers and dogsleds?
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

A fishing boat

I saw a series on PBS about the Alaska RR.Do the passenger trains still pick up hikers and dogsleds?
stay safe
joe

[Anonymous]

It was certainly supposed to be there, but one of the neatest loads I've seen is a horse racing starting gate loaded on a Trailer Train flat.

[Anonymous]

It was certainly supposed to be there, but one of the neatest loads I've seen is a horse racing starting gate loaded on a Trailer Train flat.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

A fishing boat

I saw a series on PBS about the Alaska RR.Do the passenger trains still pick up hikers and dogsleds?
stay safe
joe

We still have a flag stop train running basically in the middle of nowhere and picking up people who might be along the line (they live there, hunt, hike etc). The train itself is a GP40-2 loco and a two-level coach, although it might be an RDC (rail diesel car). Once a month or so that train runs to Anchorage, so folks who live in the wilderness can get supplies and stuff.
All you have to do when you see that train is wave a peice of white (or red???) cloth until the engineer sounds the horn. I'm pretty sure it's a year round service. Most of ARR's passenger service is only 05/15 thru 09/15.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

A fishing boat

I saw a series on PBS about the Alaska RR.Do the passenger trains still pick up hikers and dogsleds?
stay safe
joe

We still have a flag stop train running basically in the middle of nowhere and picking up people who might be along the line (they live there, hunt, hike etc). The train itself is a GP40-2 loco and a two-level coach, although it might be an RDC (rail diesel car). Once a month or so that train runs to Anchorage, so folks who live in the wilderness can get supplies and stuff.
All you have to do when you see that train is wave a peice of white (or red???) cloth until the engineer sounds the horn. I'm pretty sure it's a year round service. Most of ARR's passenger service is only 05/15 thru 09/15.

[Anonymous]

Let me correct myself- that flag train service is NOT year-round. May 14 thru Sept 16.[:D]

[Anonymous]

Let me correct myself- that flag train service is NOT year-round. May 14 thru Sept 16.[:D]

[edblysard]

A Fiat, inside a pipe gon, no tires, no top, no interior or engine.
Paper work said gon was empty, I kicked the crap out of it to knock another car into a track, the hood from the Fiat flew up and out.
We went to see what the heck was in the gon. Little red car.
Guess they were to cheap to have it towed, and just dumped it in the gon.
Car men got the back hoe, picked it up, and dumped it in our metal recycleing bin.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[edblysard]

A Fiat, inside a pipe gon, no tires, no top, no interior or engine.
Paper work said gon was empty, I kicked the crap out of it to knock another car into a track, the hood from the Fiat flew up and out.
We went to see what the heck was in the gon. Little red car.
Guess they were to cheap to have it towed, and just dumped it in the gon.
Car men got the back hoe, picked it up, and dumped it in our metal recycleing bin.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[edahrenhoerster]

Back in the early '60s I had a summer job that invloved unloading freight cars. While doing a car from New Mexico I picked up one of the cartons and out crawled a taxicab yellow spider whose body would cover a half a dollar. We had the switcher take the car way out into the yard and threw in a nicotine bomb. I have since tried to identify the type of spider, without luck. I never want to meet another one.
Ed

[edahrenhoerster]

Back in the early '60s I had a summer job that invloved unloading freight cars. While doing a car from New Mexico I picked up one of the cartons and out crawled a taxicab yellow spider whose body would cover a half a dollar. We had the switcher take the car way out into the yard and threw in a nicotine bomb. I have since tried to identify the type of spider, without luck. I never want to meet another one.
Ed

[Anonymous]

I gotta know... What's a nicotine bomb? and what's "gon" short for? (Not quite sure
if it's a container, car, or car with container...)

P.S. I've always been fascinated by trains since I was 5 (now 32 & married) but other things distracted me from learning more about them until recently. I really appreciate being exposed to the slang, since my IT career path is not likely to lead me towards railroad work. Not counting passenger trains I've ridden, stepping inside the preserved caboose at the Niagara Hobby Shop (hope I got that right) in Buffalo, N.Y. is the closest I've gotten to observing trains not in motion. I miss the caboose. Any good caboose threads on this board?

[Anonymous]

I gotta know... What's a nicotine bomb? and what's "gon" short for? (Not quite sure
if it's a container, car, or car with container...)

P.S. I've always been fascinated by trains since I was 5 (now 32 & married) but other things distracted me from learning more about them until recently. I really appreciate being exposed to the slang, since my IT career path is not likely to lead me towards railroad work. Not counting passenger trains I've ridden, stepping inside the preserved caboose at the Niagara Hobby Shop (hope I got that right) in Buffalo, N.Y. is the closest I've gotten to observing trains not in motion. I miss the caboose. Any good caboose threads on this board?

[AltonFan]

QUOTE: I gotta know... what's "gon" short for? (Not quite sure
if it's a container, car, or car with container...)

"Gon" is short for gondola, a freight car having four walls but no roof. The typical gondola has sides about a third to a half the height of a boxcar, and can also have a drop bottom, or ends that can be dropped into the car. Gondolas of this type can sometimes be used pretty much like a flat car.

There are now high-sided gondolas that are used to carry coal.

I hope this helps.

[AltonFan]

QUOTE: I gotta know... what's "gon" short for? (Not quite sure
if it's a container, car, or car with container...)

"Gon" is short for gondola, a freight car having four walls but no roof. The typical gondola has sides about a third to a half the height of a boxcar, and can also have a drop bottom, or ends that can be dropped into the car. Gondolas of this type can sometimes be used pretty much like a flat car.

There are now high-sided gondolas that are used to carry coal.

I hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

A large jet engine for a C-5 Cargo plane on a heavy duty flat car

[Anonymous]

A large jet engine for a C-5 Cargo plane on a heavy duty flat car

[Anonymous]

I once saw a guy riding in an automobile on an autorack with the dome light on,feet on the dash,reading a newspaper.

Matt

[Anonymous]

I once saw a guy riding in an automobile on an autorack with the dome light on,feet on the dash,reading a newspaper.

Matt

[f14aplusfl]

portable urinals on a flatcar... techically not in the car but on it. They'd take it from worksite to worksite along the railroad.... put like crates or something (on one end there was a ladder) and it'd serve as a portable restroom for track workers.

[f14aplusfl]

portable urinals on a flatcar... techically not in the car but on it. They'd take it from worksite to worksite along the railroad.... put like crates or something (on one end there was a ladder) and it'd serve as a portable restroom for track workers.

[aolsen]

A D&H x-LV GP-38-2 in a gondola. The D&H had some bad paint jobs and this one had worn down to the original Lehigh Valley. The engine appeared to be minus it's trucks. It was worn out and I doubt it got rebuilt. The road number was obscured so I can't say which one, but it was since the CP bought the D&H.

[aolsen]

A D&H x-LV GP-38-2 in a gondola. The D&H had some bad paint jobs and this one had worn down to the original Lehigh Valley. The engine appeared to be minus it's trucks. It was worn out and I doubt it got rebuilt. The road number was obscured so I can't say which one, but it was since the CP bought the D&H.