While not as cool as locomotive pictures, realistic freight cars are an important part of making a believable model railroad. Below are a few pictures I have taken of freight cars at Quantico, VA.
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| This is an empty center-beam flat car for carrying lumber products. Note the rollers for wire cable to secure loads and the "avoid tipping" image stenciled at the bulkhead. | This is an excess height box car (60' long I believe). The white paint at the end marks it as over-height. The car has been stenciled for NYC while awaiting re-painting. | These are coil cars, specially built flat cars for carrying steel coils. The covers protect the steel during transit. |
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| This is also a coil car, however, it is a different design than any other I have seen. | This is a 50' box car, nothing special. This one was a Southern owned box car and the original loco has been painted over with only basic NS reporting markings. | These are covered hoppers, general used for grain or plastic pellets. I though it was interesting how many stencils for labels and directions appear on the side of the car. |
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| This is the last car in the train. The device on the coupler is an End of Train (EOT) device. It flashes to mark the end of the train and monitors air brake pressure. |
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22 June 2007