Friday, April 17, 2020

What are the purposes of these railway cars?

Ofelia Kieck: Box car -Inter-modal car - containers in unit trainTank car - bulk liquidsFlat car - heavy vehicles or plant machineryBulk head flat car - head or tail of unit train of flat carsHopper car - bulk carriage of grain, sand, or coalCovered hopper car - ditto, with weather protectionGondola car - open car for carriage of timber, coal, stone, etc.Center beam flat car - for carriage of rails, long poles or other freight that has to be balancedSpine car - for containers...Show more

Weldon Totaro: Box car- to haul well boxes, lol, but mostly anything.Inter-modal car- hauls shipping containers, and truck trailers.Tank car- hauls liquids Flat car- wood or steelBulk- pipe, steel slabs, utility poles and lumberHopper- like sand, coal, ectCovered- same as hopperGondola-steel plates or coilsCenter- like wood (partial board, wood beams ect)Spine car- all sorts go to wikipedia.org and find more stuff...Show more

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