Canadian Railroads > Converted spine cars to log cars

Any  pictures and reporting marks?

Mike Root
Madras, OR

How do you mean 'spine cars', as in the 5-pak and 10-pak articluated trailer on flatcar spine cars? Or in stand alone 4 axle cars with skinny frames that could be called 'spines'?

The National Steel Car manufactured cars with log 'bunks' or tall stakes have been around for a long time. There's also flat cars and bulkhead flat cars with bunks/stakes added.

Also curious who is loading logs onto rail cars, the last I heard it was only in Eugene Oregon with logs for export at a port on the Columbia River. There is also a nearby facility using similar cars for transporting finished Electric Utility poles to market. They use a similar NSC car but also modified flat cars up to 89 ft long and also idler cars for extended loads.

This post might be of interest. Both car types are ex BCR, the first photo has WPRR reporting marks, it could be described as a spine car with Log Bunks, as built by NSC.

Date: 12/05/18 13:09
Salem Oregon derailment cleanup
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4683471,4684207#msg-4684207

isn't AERC also loading logs at Crabtree Oregon for delivery to Rainier and export?    Arlen

It took me a while but I remember driving past that reload on a drive from Sweet home towards Eugene. Of course I got lost but it was out there somewhere. Interesting how the BCR requirements evolved into the longer modified flat car and then all three types end up in Oregon. I guess everybody retires in Oregon.

I know this was posted in Canadian railroads but for the sake of answering a above question theres alot of Hardwood trees moving between South Carolina, Tennesee, Alabama to Ga to a couple large hardwood saw mills.