Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?
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ian clasper <ian@...>
If you decide to model a partly unloaded flatcar, consider the following
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when building the model. Tractors were loaded in pairs, each wired to one another, so I would model a 50ft with two tractors missing. A tractor loaded by itself would have to have additonal choking added as it could no longer rely on it's sibling. The real tractors would most likely be unloaded at a loading platform, and probably would be driven off the side of the car onto the platform. The crew would only remove the choking that they needed to unload the tractors, so some of the choking would be left in place exactly were it was when the car was fully loaded. Other chokes would either be completely missing, or randomly scatted on the deck. If a crane was used, the chokes would be simply left in place on the deck and only the tie down wires would be removed. Old choking tended to be the problem of the next shipper to use the car, so should be part of the partly loaded model. Ian Clasper ----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Stephen Sandifer" <jssand@...> To: <STMFC@...> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged? In the early 50s it was not unusual for a box car of appliances to stop at2-3 locations to unload part of its load. Tractors could be the same way. There may have been 8-10 when it left the plant, but possibly 4 were unloaded at dealer A and the balance 200 miles away at dealer B. 77025, 713-667-9417 Personal: http://users2.ev1.net/~jssand/index.htmwill ship > anything that you want me to in your car as long as it doesn't go overgross > to the car. The rate will be the same THANK YOU. $7200.00 to Nicholssiding > in Brooklyn, NY or $7400.00 to most spots in Florida and yes we doship there > quite often. The point is that most freight moves on a per car rate.But > items like grain, coal, minerals, and bulk commodities move on a perhundred > weight. I think it was this way in the 50's as well, Farm Implementslikely > moved just as autos and auto parts on a per car basis. So ship onlyfour but > cover your freight as we would remind you... |
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