I believe that flatcar was for hauling wide plates of steel. Flatcar looks like an F30D. Conrail’s primary wide plate cars were G36H’s. Thanks.
Jeff
I did a little more digging regarding the Conrail flatcar choice. These were revenue service cars, not MOW. This car is from a series of ten cars: CR 758001-758010 = Flatcar, Steel, Diagonal Plate loading, F30D. They are not listed in my 10/75 ORER for PC. They are listed in my 4/80 ORER for CR. They are also not included in the original ICC 8432 roster. This leads me to hypothesize that these were a conversion performed by Conrail to meet customer need. The paint scheme seems to appear like it was a paint out and not a full repaint. They must have needed these in a hurry for a customer. I am not sure which shop would have competed this modification. Could have been Altoona, Beech Grove, Enola, Holldaysburg or Reading. I might pick one up with the hope that an F30D gets produced in N scale at some point. The plate hardware could be transferred to it. Thanks.
Jeff
