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ljudice

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Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« on: March 23, 2012, 11:45:10 AM »
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Here is a puzzler.  I happen to get these email "tender offers" from CPR, which tend to be interesting. This is odd though. 35 CP bulkhead flats for sale - with a wooden frame structure on them - covered in plastic and "contaminated with bird feces".  See the link and photos. WTH??  Chicken transport???  Angry Birds related????  ????


https://www8.cpr.ca/enetp72/snp/Pages/ViewTender.aspx?tender=2853#Images

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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2012, 11:52:01 AM »
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Interesting cars.

"Inspection recommended":  hmm...  I suspect fowl play.
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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2012, 11:54:03 AM »
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Canadian's version of the Fema death camp cars!
(I guess the open auto racks don't work up north)

Lol...

(in case you're not up on the current whack job conspiracies, here's what I'm talking about: http://pimpinturtle.com/2008/02/01/fema-ordered-102000-boxcars-with-shackles.aspx. You know these guys are serious because they use bold and all-caps)
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ljudice

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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2012, 11:56:49 AM »
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I was going to mention the FEMA death trains, but I was afraid I might be tarred and FEATHERED!

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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2012, 12:00:27 PM »
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They have a phone number for their agent in Saskatchewan. Maybe give him a call? Given the amount of feathers and crap, is it possible that these things were used for chicken storage or transport? Doesn't seem likely in either the US or Canada. I can see why they want to sell them.

Best wishes, Dave
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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2012, 12:31:10 PM »
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The next BLMA car!   Send Robbman out to measure the feces!
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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2012, 12:36:36 PM »
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Is guano considered weathering?  That would be your department, Tom. :ashat:
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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2012, 12:42:39 PM »
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"No, no, I meant to do a crappy job!  Look: there's a prototype for it." :ashat:
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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2012, 12:44:13 PM »
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Chicken transport?  Keeps them off the streets. 

I dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.  :trollface:

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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2012, 01:34:14 PM »
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Quote from: tom mann on March 23, 2012, 12:31:10 PM
The next BLMA car!   Send Robbman out to measure the feces!

You're assuming he doesn't already know?   :trollface:
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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2012, 01:39:33 PM »
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Excuse my English, but man those are some shitty cars! :-X
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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2012, 01:47:17 PM »
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Probably didn't actually move chickens, though I guess it's possible.  But pigeons love railyards (lots of spilled grain), and many abandoned buildings end up looking pretty similar after a few years of dis-use if the birds find a way into them.  I wouldn't be surprised if they just happened to find a way into the cars and made themselves some really nice coops.
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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2012, 04:11:05 PM »
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I bet you're right, the cars seemed to have been stored around grain shipping areas, they probably were tarped for some purpose and then forgotten for a few months/years and boom!


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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2012, 09:11:23 PM »
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Quote from: Sokramiketes on March 23, 2012, 01:34:14 PM
You're assuming he doesn't already know?   :trollface:


I can even tell you the bird it came from... duh!
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Re: Tarped Bulkhead Flatcars
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2012, 10:50:32 PM »
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Believe these were actually used for shipping wood pulp. They've probably been sitting for a while and become home to a colony of birds.

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=cp304932&o=cprail
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