SGP posted:Any idea on the heritage of the flat cars? I hope the older car with arch bar trucks finds a good home.
Not really. The full size ones with the bread boxes I think came to the plant in a trade for scrap steel decades ago. They really only get used for mobile storage during turbine outage work. Any more the blasting companies come with their own tents that are designed to help them collect the blasting media.
The arch bar truck one is kinda interesting. The wheel sets are mismatched. One pair of axles has the wheel castings with the spiral patterns on the back, the other does not. The dates on the wheels are super old, single digits thru the 20's. I have no idea were it came from.
I expect that all the flatcars will be purchased for scrap. IF somebody needs a big yard decoration or a light weight bridge for their property, here's your chance!
