Holy Bulging Box Cars Batman!

[Randy Stahl]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Warm Beer and a rough ride!

You would hear belching... not screaming.

[dharmon]

The doors were closed, so the screaming was pretty hard to hear at first. It was marked Plate PP which I believe is Politcial Prisoner ...and with the RNC going on and all those demonstrators arrested who knows.....I thought the Pullman Standard cars had manacles and the Gunderson cars had shackles.

[Randy Stahl]

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl

Did you notice if they had shackles and or manacles inside ?
Randy

UH, If they had those inside;wouldn't they be 'caved in',not raised up?[}:)][:D]

Assuming they are hanging political dissidents by meathooks...yes .
Randy

[Mookie]

Warm Beer and a rough ride!

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl

Did you notice if they had shackles and or manacles inside ?
Randy

UH, If they had those inside;wouldn't they be 'caved in',not raised up?[}:)][:D]

[Randy Stahl]

Did you notice if they had shackles and or manacles inside ?
Randy

[dharmon]

The other day I was driving along and noticed a group of cars sitting on a siding. Several older Railbox type boxcars had roofs that looked like someone had over-inflated the car with air. The roofs were bulging up irregularly at least 8 to 12 inches in places. Over the past few days I started to notices it on more cars..all older, all of the Railbox style 50 footers. What gives? Are overzealous forklift drivers beating them up (literally!)? Or does heat build up in them cause the roofs to pop up? The roofs don't really look like something hit them, more like they were pushed up from below.