Great shots Gary!



Question...is it just me or is that tank car have a slight bow in the middle? I see this on photos of tank cars most of the time and wonder if it is just an optical illusion cause by the photo, because the of the tanks I've seen in person, I don't see that curve. Weird huh?

Yes, the tank car has a slight bow in the middle. It is a funnel flow tank car. The entire tank is slightly lower in the middle. Like a funnel, the contents flow towards the lowest point ensuring faster, more complete unloading. Maybe the cars you’ve seen in person were all normal (straight) tank cars ... or you need some new glasses?

Good stuff! Nice to see some untagged cars along with the vandalized equipment. Love seeing a caboose on the end! Thanks!
Ralph

cnw1961 Wrote:Yes, the tank car has a slight bow in the middle. It is a funnel flow tank car. The entire tank is slightly lower in the middle. Like a funnel, the contents flow towards the lowest point ensuring faster, more complete unloading. Maybe the cars you’ve seen in person were all normal (straight) tank cars ... or you need some new glasses?

Yeah...well...umm...

I got nuthin.

Kurt is correct. Some are straight, some are slanted in to the middle.

Indeed the funnel flow tank cars are constructed with a bow so it can be unloaded faster.

For those that may be wondering about that FCRD boxcar.That is the First Coast Railroad that operates over 32 miles of former Seaboard trackage.Start up date was in 2005.

I see those FCRD cars down here quite often. They are generally quite a mixture of cars, brown, yellow, blue, in various states of rust and "beat-up-ed-ness." I like them alot!

[sarcasm]When did railroads stop using the caboose?[/sarcasm]

Great Pictures Gary.

Thank you sir!

More boxcars from the Mykawa yard. I like the ALM cars alot, will probably use them to model some cars.

More FCRD boxcars and misc stuff