Nostalgia & History > 6 of Various Rolling Stock, Duane Hall Photos

Any help in further identifying these cars would be helpful.

1. Unknown heavy weight open ended observation car, Duane Hall photo.

2. Missouri and Pacific coach, Duane Hall photo.

3. Inland Steel Coal (INLX) 20043 steel roll flat car, Duane Hall photo.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/18/21 17:48 by MartyBernard.

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That third picture is an accident waiting to happen.
JB



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/18/21 21:31 by 3rdswitch.

4. Union Tank Line 10430 tank car, Duane Hall photo.

5. ADM Milling Co. covered hopper, Duane Hall photo.

6. Missouri Kansas & Texas MK&T Flat Car  12145 built as boxcar, cut down to flatcar; wood frame car with truss rods; steel center sill added; 34 feet long; 30-ton capacity at The National Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood, MO, Duane Hall photo.

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In the first photo, the car has an  amtrak #, if anyone has a list.
RB

3rdswitch Wrote:
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> That last picture is an accident waiting to
> happen.
> JB

How do you figure? Those coils are super heavy and don't move without help. They're not normally secured. Gravity does a pretty good job of holding them in place.

PHall Wrote:
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> 3rdswitch Wrote:
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> > That last picture is an accident waiting to
> > happen.
> > JB
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> How do you figure? Those coils are super heavy and
> don't move without help. They're not normally
> secured. Gravity does a pretty good job of holding
> them in place.

Uneven weight distribution.    Compare the spring compresion on the two trucks of this car.

I read somewhere that the most likely car to derail when braking is a piggyback flat toward the rear of the train with only 1 trailer loaded in the rear positon. Slack run-in had a tendency to cause the more lightly loaded front truck to pop off the rails.

- Norm