Originally posted by Junctionfan Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Junctionfan Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: St.Catharines, Ontario 3,770 posts Posted by Junctionfan on Thursday, April 7, 2005 8:43 AM Most of the pipe that I see gets put into bulkhead flats with side stakes. The bulkhead gondolas I see usually carry steel slabs and plate steel stacked so high with wooden blocks as spacers. Used to see them all the time at Niagara Steel Fabrication. Andrew Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, April 7, 2005 10:17 AM I wish all fixed-end gondolas had bulkheads! They would eliminate a lot of in-train placement problems. I've always thought that pipe was the intended commodity for cars like these, but then I don't live in pulpwood country. Sure, a bulkhead flat could haul the same thing (probably better, in the case of pulpwood flats with their sloping floors), but in an ideal world you could load something else, like scrap, into the gondola for the return trip. 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) Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub
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)
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