Wanted: Load ideas for flat cars

[VonRyan]

This was down the street from me:

 
Amazing! Now that's something worth modelling!
I might just end up building Bethlehem in N scale afterall... once i sell a kidney...

-Cody F.

[Puddington]

Once again the immortal a$$hats of Railwire have staved off the dreaded "no inspiration" plague for another modeler......flat cars beware; I have ideas and inspiration...........to the bench Robin...................! 

[PGE-N°2]

Puddington,

I found these loads while perusing the Walter Strong collection of 50s Alaska RR ops -

http://www.alaskarails.org/historical/Strong/WRS0213.jpg

On this one I am particularly fond of the generator series of cars, and the graders -

 http://www.alaskarails.org/historical/Strong/index4.html

There's also this page from Strange Freight from alaskarails.org:

http://www.alaskarails.org/sf/strange-freight/index.html

I especially like the school bus on a TTX flatcar.

[bdennis]

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=qttx131039_2&o=ttx

Now I know what to do with the soon to be redundant Arnold S2.

[Philip H]

There's also this page from Strange Freight from alaskarails.org:

http://www.alaskarails.org/sf/strange-freight/index.html

I especially like the school bus on a TTX flatcar.

The best one from that bunch is the corvette t top on the flatbed trailer.

[peteski]

I'm surprised that this unusual (but regularly scheduled) flat car load hasn't been brought up yet.

1:1 scale:


...and the N scale version:

[Ike the BN Freak]

Peteski, its regular load, however its pretty much only on BNSF between Wichita KS and Seattle (Everett) WA.

And post 1996 I believe, prior to that, Boeing would ship aircraft fuselages as sections, which is what I hope to one day do.

Remember seeing BN run flats with a few aircraft parts on trains through Edgemont SD when I was a kid between 1991-1995. Then the AF moved dad to Hawaii, lack of trains for 3 years sucked...

[peteski]

Peteski, its regular load, however its pretty much only on BNSF between Wichita KS and Seattle (Everett) WA.

And post 1996 I believe, prior to that, Boeing would ship aircraft fuselages as sections, which is what I hope to one day do.

Regular or not, it is still one of the most unusual loads you'll ever see on a flat car.   Isn't that what the original question was about?  Ideas for flat car loads?

[RioGrandeRod]

Try this link: http://southern.railfan.net/flat/cars/loads/loads.html

[sirenwerks]

One more...

[Robbman]

http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=38390

[nkalanaga]

That's how many narrow gauge lines built tank cars - just put a tank on a flatcar.  They usually didn't start with a tank CAR though...  It would be an idea for a MOW car.  Just take an old tank car, put it on an old flatcar, and give it an MOW number.

[Philip H]

One more...

Ok, talk about an . . . . interesting . . . . take on a hack . . . . makes the transfer caboose seem . . . . less odd . . . .

[sirenwerks]

. . . . take on a hack . . . . makes the transfer caboose seem . . . .

Yea, my first thought was "Hipped-roof Xfer caboose? Huh? What?"  Obviously, this is a BN move, as the window trim on the shack's been painted BN green and the NP would never do anything but its staid depot tan.

[nkalanaga]

Several western roads had standard portable stations and other buildings.  This is the first picture I can remember of one being moved, though, and it does look like a transfer caboose.  Open up the windows and a freelancer could do it.