Eastern Railroad Discussion > Q was put to me and I D K ,maybe you do

How come you never see flat cars on CSX ?

Ed Stewart
Jacksonville, FL

We see them frequently on CSX.

CG Tower

Centerbeam flat cars loaded with lumber, wallboard, and sometimes steel, and 68ft Bulkhead flats mostly loaded with steel products are VERY common here on CSX. Straight flat cars, which are now mostly TTX, are still seen as well as some flats of steel off our local ESPN short line. There are 89 foot flats hauling mostly steel too. Then, if you get a military train (and I'm sure there will be more of them in the near future) they are nothing but flat cars. So, not sure where you live but they are certainly here.

I forgot to add , because it is late, if you are talking about the old 50 foot drop frame flat cars they are obsolete. But you can still see some on CSX MofW trains like those that take system production gangs around. they are usually converted to other purposes.

yes we see the longer ones as you say but I think they were referring to the 50 footer's , thanks all

Ed Stewart
Jacksonville, FL

calsubd Wrote:
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> How come you never see flat cars on CSX ?

I thought this was going to be a joke about EHH...

I do not see many 50' flats on ANY railroad...

CG

calsubd Wrote:
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> yes we see the longer ones as you say but I think
> they were referring to the 50 footer's , thanks
> all