Re: Photo: Cyclotron Load On C&NW Heavy Duty Flat Car 48053
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C J Wyatt
I am guessing that if the riggers did not find a hole near where they needed one, they just cut one themselves. Jack wyatt
On Sunday, July 21, 2019, 08:54:47 PM EDT, Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote:
Tim,
The steel floor of these cars likely had holes for rods used as tie downs. Some steel floored flat cars had holes that were essentially a larger diameter circle partially superimposed on a smaller circle. The rod with either a bent end or a bolt on the end, could be fitted through the large hole and then slid over into the smaller hole, resulting in the rod being retained by the deck.
Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2019 6:12 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: Cyclotron Load On C&NW Heavy Duty Flat Car 48053 I don't really care what it is, but I'd like to know what those heavy steel rods are attached to on the deck of the flat car. Didn't those flats have heavy steel floors? Are the rods bored into the deck? On 7/21/2019 3:55 PM, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io wrote:
-- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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