What kind of car?

[AF350]

Anyone have some prototype pics, looks like an easy scratchbuild or kitbash project.

[eightyeightfan1]

I found one at Fallen Flags site(<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/bn/bn585495ajf.jpg">http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/bn/bn585495ajf.jpg</a><!-- m -->) that looks similar, but has plates on the inside of the braces. Could of been the same type of car that was modified for wood chips. I figure this is a wood chip car by lookinng at the other cars with the same series of reporting marks.

[railohio]

Apparently Google is beyond the scope of use for those here...

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~BS

[Squidbait]

Apparently Google is beyond the scope of use for those here...

OK, let's not go there. You remember how thin-skinned some people are?

[Tom]

See? Pulpwood car. Just like I said.

[X 3829]

Thank you all for your answers!

[Sumpter250]

http://tycotrain.tripod.com/ahmhoscalet ... /id44.html

Saw that, but it's not the same car as in the first pic in this thread. Similar, but not the same.........and yes, it still could be a pulpwood car..........then again, it could be a "Penn Central steam locomotive". :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Lester Perry]

I have one that is yellow and has C&O Markings. Several years ago I was told it was a MOW car used for hauling ties. I believe there is probably an opening on the side we can't see. That is supposedly is where the ties are dropped off the car onto the ground. Now it is possible I was told wrong but the man who told me this usually knows his stuff.
Les

[Russ Bellinis]

I would not be surprised if all three answers are correct. The cars may have originally been built as early container cars, but the newer stack cars and husky stacks would have rendered the cars obsolete within 5-10 years. They would no longer be practical to be used for containers, but by filling in the back side of the side bracing and removing the roof, they become pulp wood cars. Another railroad that either didn't need pulp wood cars or had a need for a car to handle ties might have figured out how to modify the car for mow tie service. I wonder if there are other uses that the railroads put these cars to. Considering that the life expectancy of a new freight car is 40 years before a complete rebuild is needed, and that railroads don't like to replace equipment prematurely, I would not be surprised if they found other uses for theses cars.