Another quickie with Mookie!

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

well i got the second one
the car was probably hauling lumber and the cars have tarps and then underneath have plastic too.we get alot of flatcars with lumber where I work at.the tarps are usually tied down with metal straps too.
hope this helps
stay safe
Joe

Don't they usually use the open lumber cars to haul it? Can it be hauled in just a regular looking freight car with sides and all? That would be a pain to get it out of there!

Yeah, this had straps - just like grain trucks, but one wasn't fastened quite right! Major faux pas! (That's French for oops....and the only French I know other than "3's company")

Moo

[JoeKoh]

well i got the second one
the car was probably hauling lumber and the cars have tarps and then underneath have plastic too.we get alot of flatcars with lumber where I work at.the tarps are usually tied down with metal straps too.
hope this helps
stay safe
Joe

[Mookie]

BNSF - B40-8 #8634 and GP60B # 346 - what is this combination called? (the GP60 was cabless) - is this the old cow/calf or just an extra power unit?

And a freight car with a plastic tarp not tied down very well over the top. Is this SOP or something out of the ordinary. Too tall to tell for sure, but don't think there was a permanent cover over the top. Top load car. If this was allowed to go thru the country - the tarp would have been torn off - so they probably tied it down before it left town, but.... why not a covered top car?

Mookie