A look at some more freight cars found in and around Hillsdale...
This 68' flat car is a specialized car known as a 'finger rack'; so named due to the "fingers" mounted on the deck. This car is on its way to Wilson Steel to be loaded with the cargo it was designed for; bundles of steel rebar, the reinforcing rods used in large concrete walls.
Here is the car after loading. Now you see the reason for the "fingers" on the deck -to help keep the bundles of rebar neatly stacked on the car. These bundles are headed for the World Trade Center.
Another load of steel are these pipes, also from Wilson Steel.
These pipes will be heading to the Gulf Coast for an oil pipeline project. Note that they are in two APW gondolas painted in two different schemes! The left gondola has been recently repainted, and now sports the required conspicuity striping -the yellow reflective tape along the sides, used to increase the car's nighttime visability.
To finish off the 'metal' theme, here is another car used by the steel industry; a short-bulkhead flatcar. While cars with taller bulkheads (ends) are used by the lumber industry to carry wood and drywall products, these cars as better suited for carrying the heavier loads of the steel industry, since the loads are rarely that tall. The bulkheads do an excellent job of keeping the loads from shifting past the ends of the car and causing a derailment. This car is actually carrying a load of aluminum rods.
This 68' flat car is a specialized car known as a 'finger rack'; so named due to the "fingers" mounted on the deck. This car is on its way to Wilson Steel to be loaded with the cargo it was designed for; bundles of steel rebar, the reinforcing rods used in large concrete walls.
Here is the car after loading. Now you see the reason for the "fingers" on the deck -to help keep the bundles of rebar neatly stacked on the car. These bundles are headed for the World Trade Center.
Another load of steel are these pipes, also from Wilson Steel.
These pipes will be heading to the Gulf Coast for an oil pipeline project. Note that they are in two APW gondolas painted in two different schemes! The left gondola has been recently repainted, and now sports the required conspicuity striping -the yellow reflective tape along the sides, used to increase the car's nighttime visability.
To finish off the 'metal' theme, here is another car used by the steel industry; a short-bulkhead flatcar. While cars with taller bulkheads (ends) are used by the lumber industry to carry wood and drywall products, these cars as better suited for carrying the heavier loads of the steel industry, since the loads are rarely that tall. The bulkheads do an excellent job of keeping the loads from shifting past the ends of the car and causing a derailment. This car is actually carrying a load of aluminum rods.
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